I had arisen early so I could take a run. My eye happened to fall upon one of my children’s library books – The Jesse Owens Story. Reflexively, I picked it up and read it quickly, then took off on my run, thinking temporarily about the great track star Jesse Owens....
In Matthew’s account of Easter morning, Mary Magdalene and “the other Mary” went after dawn to see Jesus’ sepulchre. In Mark’s account of Easter, Mary Magdalene, “Mary the mother of Joses” and Salome bought spices with which to annoint the body. In Luke’s account of...