Mary the Tower in the Garden

Apr 9, 2023 | Easter, Megan Ramer, Sermons, Year W

Pastor Megan inhabits the story found in John’s gospel, of Mary Magdalene (Mary, THE Magdala; Mary the Tower) coming to the garden to find an empty tomb. Enter the story with her, listen for two bits of good news, and wonder where YOU are in this story…

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Audio

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Preacher

Megan M Ramer

Series

Year W, Easter

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Passage

John 20.1-18

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Resources

“Mary the Tower” – a sermon by Pastor Megan, drawing on the research of Elizabeth Schrader, with much sermonic credit to Diana Butler Bass. (follow the link for those footnotes)
Image: Giuseppe Calì, Mary Magdalene on Christ’s Tomb, circa 1900 – https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=Mary+Magdalene+at+the+tomb&title=Special:MediaSearch&go=Go&type=image

Hymn: Voices Together, 355, Thine is the Glory. Text: Edmond L. Budry (France), “A toi la gloire, O Ressuscité,” Chants Evangéliques, 1885; trans. Mennonite Worship and Song Committee, 2018, adapt. from Richard B. Hoyle (England), Cantate Domino, 1925. Music: George Frederick Handel (England), Joshua, 1746