I’m listening to “Doubting Thomas” by Nickel Creek right now. I opened up iTunes and put it on random, and that was the first song that came up. I don’t know if there is any significance to it, but it don’t tend to believe in coincidences. Am I a doubting Thomas (and I don’t mean that in an insulting way)? Thomas is sort of a hero of mine because he was brave enough to ask a tough question. I don’t know if the gospel writer intended for Thomas to become the hero of that story, but regardless, Thomas speaks to me in that way.
What do I doubt? I met with a lady today who had a very Pentecostal sort of faith. She was Roman Catholic, who had recently changed to a Lutheran Church and lead a non-denominational women’s Bible Study. She was a woman of faith, but honestly I can’t say that I admired her for it. I feel like I should in some ways, but I just don’t. She wasn’t like Thomas. She seemed to know that God was present. She said that she studied the Bible and not theology in her small group – whatever that means.
I wanted to argue with her, but I resisted that temptation. There’s no point in getting into that sort of a conversation as a chaplain. I was there to talk about how she was feeling, not what she believed about God. Nor could I change her opinion about that in 20 minutes.
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