doubting Thomas
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Letter to Thomas
Almost every year since I finished seminary, on the first Sunday after Easter, I’ve written a letter to the disciple we know as “doubting Thomas.” This is another of them. Dear Thomas: Last week we heard the familiar story again, how some women went to Jesus’ tomb following his crucifixion. They went to complete his… Continue reading
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Wrestling toward a new life
Every year on the Sunday following Easter we read again about the experience of the disciple we call “Doubting Thomas” and his first and life-transforming encounter with the risen Christ (John 20:19-29). And almost every year since I finished seminary I’ve written a letter to Thomas to reconnect with him and his experience (which resonates… Continue reading
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Letter to Thomas, 27 April 2025
For several years, for the Sunday after Easter Day, I’ve written a letter to the disciple Thomas. Some of them I’ve made public. This is one of them. Dear Thomas: The theme song from Cheers has been coming to mind a lot recently. It begins, “Making your way in the world today / Takes everything… Continue reading
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A Letter to Thomas
For several years, for the Sunday after Easter Day, I’ve written a letter to the disciple Thomas. Some of them I’ve made public. This is one of them. Dear Thomas — For more than forty years I’ve been trying to say something intelligible about the Resurrection, and while I always start with the risen Christ,… Continue reading
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An open letter to Thomas the Twin
Dear Thomas: It seems the church is never going to let you off the hook we created for you when you first encountered the risen Christ. Two thousand years is a long time to live with a misunderstanding like that, a misunderstanding so big it renamed you, so now nobody knows you as Didymus (the… Continue reading
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Remembering Thomas
Doubt is not the enemy of faith, and it’s not the opposite of faith; doubt can be the dark, rich ground where true faith is born. The story of Thomas and the other disciples on those first two Sundays after the resurrection is more than a story about a group of disciples huddled in fear… Continue reading
The Sauntering Pilgrim 