In 1972, Aretha Franklin performed “Mary, Don’t You Weep” with a gospel choir at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in ...

“We’re going to review the story of two sisters called Mary and Martha,” she sang, her matter-of-factness oddly reminiscent of Duccio’s. “They had a brother named Lazarus.” Franklin ...

This Sunday gospel lectionary reading for Lent 5 in Year C takes a break from our reading of Luke's gospel to focus on the ...