When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord [John 20:19-20]. Years ago, when the committee that crafted the Revised Common Lectionary considered what might be the most appropriate Gospel lesson for the Second Sunday of Easter (i.e., the Sunday that follows Easter) in each year of the three-year cycle, it did something unusual: it…
"Dispatches to the Front" -- a collection of theological meditations by Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., M.Div.