Thomas the pragmatic.

I’ve heard people talking about Thomas and Martha recently. Not together, of course. But talking about doubting Thomas and being like Mary rather than Martha.

It’s making me annoyed, again.

I mean Thomas doubted the word of Peter for a week. And who wouldn’t? I mean at that moment, Peter had betrayed Jesus. Why would Thomas have any reason to believe him?

And Thomas’s doubt lasted for a week, in real life. He saw Jesus, trusted Jesus, and may have been the first to take the stories...