I don’t want to proselytize or offend any one whose beliefs are different from mine. But, I would like to share a retelling of an old story for the sake of any bulletin board readers who may find meaning in it.
This version was told by the late Rev. Lois Hart:
After the resurrection, Jesus appeared to a group of the disciples. The disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.
Now Thomas was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” Thomas said, “Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of the nails, and place my hand in his side, I will not believe.
Eight days later, his disciples were together again and Thomas was with them. Jesus came and stood among them. He said to Thomas, “Put your finger her, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side.” Thomas did this and he believed. Thomas needed to see and touch for himself, because he learned differently.
Lois Hart held a master’s in special education and was a special ed teacher and administrator before earning a master’s in divinity and being ordained as an Episcopal priest. She died of breast cancer in 2002.