In the worship life of the church Easter is in fact an entire season that runs from Easter Sunday clear until Pentecost...that is SEVEN full weeks!
In the Season of Easter our scripture readings lead us through a series of resurrection appearances by Christ. The first resurrection appearance is probably the most well known of them all: Christ appearing to "Doubting" Thomas.
I've never much liked that nickname for Thomas. Partly because it seems unfair to label a man's entire life based one thing he said (and miss everything else that he accomplished and the transformation that kicked it all off!). Partly because I'm not sure that doubt was even the root-cause of Thomas' questionable reaction to the Disciples who had seen Christ. And partly because it means we completely miss the powerful way the text speaks directly to us!
We'll cover all that ground and more this coming Sunday. In the meantime you can spend some time with our scripture readings: Psalm 16 and John 20:19-31.
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