Second Sunday of Easter (Year A, RCL)

Many people assume that disability is bad for a person’s well-being. But historically we haven’t been very good at determining what’s bad for someone.

John’s account is quieter than Luke’s.

What more could one need than an encounter with the risen Christ?

Some resurrection stories carry wounds we must not ignore.

Stigmata assert identity and collective memory through self-scarred skin. What if we read the Thomas story through a tattoo hermeneutic?

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.

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.

The Duke Chapel dean writes as if the Holy Spirit makes all the difference for faithful preaching—and anti-racism.

Jesus is no ghost; his breath reeks of resurrection.

A day with few visitors presents an opportunity.

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