The Center Can and Does Hold

Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there.

Just as we all have our personal moments of annunciation, so do we all have glimpses of a second coming.

For Thomas, who had walked and talked and prayed and eaten with Jesus, the second coming occurred a few days after the others saw the risen Lord. We remember that he doubted their accounts. We tend to buzz past his reaction when he saw Jesus:...