doubting thomas
Going deeper on Low Sunday (John 20:19-31)
A day with few visitors presents an opportunity.
Candida Moss asks what bodily resurrection means
How early Christians thought about bodies and how we do
The other disciples in the scene
Caravaggio painted his The Incredulity of St. Thomas sometime around the turn of the seventeenth century. Jesus (in white linen) stands to the left, Thomas is next to him (in a thread-bare red shirt), and Jesus is guiding Thomas’s hand as Thomas places his finger in the wound just under Jesus’ right breast. Two other disciples, also in red, hover in the scene
By David Keck
Scars, doubt and breathing peace
When a friend got a major scar, the doctors asked her what kind of plastic surgery she wanted. She laughed at the question, responding, “Are you serious? Do you really think I’m going to give up these bragging rights? I earned this scar!”
How Jesus shares the peace: John 20:19-31
The disciples are afraid, so they lock their doors. I do the same.
Easter 2 (John 20:19-31)
Here’s how I came to know the real Cousin Thomas.
The show-me disciple (John 20:19-31)
Mary can’t experience the resurrected Jesus for the disciples, and the disciples can’t experience Jesus for Thomas.