Every year we hear the story of Thomas—doubting Thomas!—on the Sunday after Easter. Why? Maybe because it’s so easy to recognize ourselves in his struggle with faith. He understood with his mind who Jesus was. He recognized Jesus as the Saviour who God had sent. He trusted Jesus to be his Lord and master. It was just (just!) Thomas’s experience with life that threw him off, and cast him into a tailspin. What he experienced when he saw Jesus suffer, die, and be buried really rattled Thomas. He never expected such things to happen. Thankfully, Jesus reassured him and rebuilt his faith in a gentle and gracious way. And thankfully He does that for us too, whenever we get rattled!