I don't know why the story of Thomas appears every year on the Second Sunday of Easter. It seems like we could get the Road to Emmaus once in a while on that Sunday. I smiled at Michael Stadtmueller's comment that interns always get (or have) to preach this Sunday. Given the repetition of the lectionary here, at least first call preachers will always have a usable sermon in the file for the Second Sunday of Easter.
Here is a short reflection on Thomas that I wrote for the back of the Augsburg bulletins in 2005. It is their copyrighted material, but until they pay me for it (which hasn't happened yet), I'm not going to get in a hurry to disappear it from the blog.
Anyone interested in preaching Revelation during the upcoming weeks might want be interested in the following:
Barbara Rossing will be talking with CBS Morey Safer on 60 Minutes on Wednesday evening, April 14. Barbara discusses her work on the book of Revelation, apocalyptic theology, and the “Left Behind” book series. The 60 Minutes program will deal with the 12th and final book in that series, and Barbara was invited to participate in the discussion. Her email reported, “He asked good questions.”
Posted by: Pam Fickenscher | April 14, 2004 at 09:19 AM