Second Sunday of Easter (Year C, RCL)

For some reason, I couldn’t find the holy in the holy rocks everyone else was venerating.

We need a Christ who manifests his power, not just a Pantocrator of the gaps.

The cross is both foundation and anti-foundation, a disturber of worlds.

Children are good at asking questions that build relationship.

Some people say they don’t identify as Christian because of what they see, or don’t see, in the church.

When Jesus walks into the locked room, the first thing he offers is peace.

John 20:19–23

The disciples don't believe Mary—or do they?

1 Peter 1:3–9, John 20:19–31

On Saturdays at First Presbyterian, the congregants know good jazz when they hear it. But the event is first of all a church service.

In John's prologue, the incarnate Word is the God of creative address.

There is a richness and depth to this week's text from John's Gospel, fertile ground for reflection. Below are some assorted thoughts the story of Thomas inspires in me.

Why is the Jesus on that crucifix so small?

The cross overshadows him, dwarfs him. This is what I think about in my Aquinas class.