Rola Al Ashkar is a pastor and New Worshiping Community leader living in Sacramento, California.

In part one of Sara’s conversation with Rola, she describes the Holy Week atmosphere of her native Lebanon; sings for us the beautiful chant of Mary Magdalene at the empty tomb; and together, they discuss the precious mystery of our faith and imagine what might have happened to Jesus and his followers when resurrection was the furthest thing from their minds.