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Four reflections marking Easter Sunday. Mo McCullough visits Rev Rosie Magee from Northern Ireland, who was a minister in the United States before joining the Church of Scotland. Rosie finds Easter inspiration in a poem by David Whyte, who reads it for the programme. Mo also catches up with Richard Frazer, Convener of the Church and Society Council of the Church of Scotland, to climb his favourite hill, Dunsinnan Hill in Perthshire. Fiona Stewart, who works for the Christian charity, Foolproof Creative Arts, speaks about the inspiration she finds in singing and one piece of music in particular. And Ian Galloway, minister of Gorbals Parish Church in Glasgow, talks about an experience in his life that resonated with the meaning of Easter.

For many Christians, the period in the run up to Easter is marked by self-sacrifice. In February we spoke to one of our regular contributors - Luke Devlin who's a Member of the Catholic Workers Apostolate in Glasgow. On air he pledged to give up digital media for Lent. On Easter Sunday Cathy finds out how he got on.

History has not been kind to Mary Magdalene - one of the Bible's more controversial figures - she's long been characterised as the atoning prostitute and at times hinted at as Jesus' partner. But how fair is this given what we know about her from the Gospels? Cathy takes a look at this central figure on Easter Sunday, with Luke Devlin and Helen Bond, Professor of Christian Origins at the University of Edinburgh.

This Wednesday marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King. The death of the civil rights leader shocked America and solidified his place as one of the greatest figures of the 20th Century. But half a century on from his death what has become of his legacy? Cathy is joined by Church of Scotland minister Rev Dr Iain Whyte, who met and talked to Martin Luther King in 1964 and Andrea Baker, the mezzo-soprano singer from Massachusetts.

Mike Weaver spent the early part of his life working in pubs and clubs in London where his focus was firmly on having a good time and making money. Over the years he became disillusioned with the nightclub scene and slowly a call to faith entered Mike's life. That relationship with God eventually brought him to where he is today - an ordained minister at the Gillespie Memorial Church in Dunfermline - his first full-time charge.