Photo: Mary Magdalene Stood Crying by Kateryna Kuziv (2021).

‘They were co-witnesses to a truth.’

Shared calling: Sung Soo Kim’s Thought for the Week

‘They were co-witnesses to a truth.’

by Sung Soo Kim 16th May 2025

Throughout history, certain spiritual partnerships have offered not only mutual support but prophetic challenge to the structures of power. These can be both religious and political. The pairings of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, and George Fox and Margaret Fell, though separated by centuries, share deep commonalities. Both stood together not merely as teacher and follower, but as co-witnesses to a truth that subverted established authority and gave voice to the inner light in all people.