“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” (A20: Second Sunday of Easter)
Acts 2:14a,22-32; Psalm 16; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31 Shearer pulls from the story of Thomas to explore doubt, confidence, authority, right belief and more. “And I do wonder whether we might pivot that word...
“Through Locked Doors”
The Rev. Dr. William H. Willimon, Bishop in the United Methodist Church, Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry, and one of America’s best preachers preaches a sermon from John 20:19-31, the story of “Doubting Thomas.”...
A21: The Second Sunday of Easter, Year A (2023)
“I understand why the world has it’s doubts about the church,” says Judy Kincaid. “We brought it on ourselves with things like the crusades, the inquisition, our acceptance of segregation and our mistreatment of the...
A21: The Second Sunday of Easter, Year A (2020)
“Poor Thomas. He’s been called the doubter, the skeptic. Jesus seems to chastise him for having to see in order to believe,” begins MaryAnn McKibben Dana. In John 20:19-31, we learn how Jesus handles a...
C22: The Second Sunday of Easter, Year C (2019)
“Not long after I arrived at my last pastoral ministry, I was at a gathering for area clergy where I met a minister who told me had an interest in apologetics, that is proving and...