Acts 2:14a, 36-41 Psalm 116:1-3, 10-17 1 Peter 1:17-23 Luke 24:13-35 Last week was a hard week. It wasn’t a bad week – there were some lovely highs – but it was a hard week. Too many folks I know are grieving. There’s still so much uncertainty about what comes next. And, all week I dreaded having to preach on today’s Gospel.…

Acts 2:14a, 22-32 Psalm 16 1 Peter 1:3-9 John 20:19-31 Alleluia!  Christ is risen! The Lord is risen indeed!  Alleluia! The story of the apostle Thomas reaching out to touch the wounds of the risen Christ has inspired many gorgeous, haunting, and thoughtful paintings throughout history. It is such a vivid story, it is no wonder. But out of all of them,…