Faith
The search for meaning, purpose, and relationship. Our need for love compels us to seek it out, and when we find it, share it.
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There is a deep misunderstanding in the way many have read this passage from John about Thomas. It is a passage about belief far more than doubt.
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In dealing with faith and doubt, people often make it into a singular, either/or debate between the two rather than recognize that both are necessary.
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In the visit to the tomb, we see the elements of Easter that are often pushed aside, like the bindness of grief and trust in the witness of others
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We have a linguistic and theological hangup of attributing the glory of God to Jesus — a move that also deprives us of seeing the true grace in it all.
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Our own experience of Palm Sunday invites us to witness again, with understanding and hope, that we might always trust in Jesus.
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I always struggled with the name “Good Friday”. But it isn’t a question of whether it is accurate so much as what we think is being called good.