John 20

Christianity in India goes back to the ancient world.

It takes courage to plunge our hands smack-dab into the side of the universe and reach for a God that could be real.

In a world where we aren’t trusted, Mary’s encounter with the risen Jesus is an act of solidarity.

Why wasn’t Thomas with the others? Why did he eventually return?

Thomas’s experience with the risen Christ is a testament to the possibilities Easter creates.

Holly Carey turns up the brightness on the most faithful disciples in the gospels: the women.

Holly Carey turns up the brightness on the most faithful disciples in the gospels: the women.

Holly Carey turns up the brightness on the most faithful disciples in the gospels: the women.

Jesus is no ghost; his breath reeks of resurrection.

Jesus is no ghost; his breath reeks of resurrection.

A day with few visitors presents an opportunity.

The Bible offers conflicting answers.

There is a blessing for those who have not come to believe and yet keep trying to see.

Christ’s invitation to new life is almost always unfamiliar and surprising, even disconcerting.

In recent years, I’ve become somewhat of an Easter Grinch.

Jesus, fresh out of his own three-day savasana, breathes on the disciples.

Thomas might be the patron saint of a secular age.

Mary has no hand to clutch or shoulder to lean on.

It’s hard to believe in an enchanted world.

Thomas gets so overwhelmed by Jesus’ presence that he ends up shelving the autopsy.