Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

doubt

  • 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.

  • When Jesus appears to the disciples in the Upper Room, he invites us to question why we choose to protect ourselves from him.

  • It’s easy to read this gospel and think it is about Peter’s lack of faith. But that is reading it completely backwards.

  • In the resurrection stories of Easter, we encounter, not just the risen Christ, but the doubt of the disciples.

  • Thomas isn’t the paragon of doubt. He shows us how belief goes way beyond our narrow, post-enlightenment framing.

  • My autobiography is littered with the debris of doubt. It’s like doubt comes in uninvited and then leaves a trail of its presence, like unwashed sheets, stained coffee mugs, and the TV set to a channel I never watch. Everywhere there’s a piece of it, unescapable. I could also say My life is filled with…