Beyond Doubt: Faith, Mystery, and How Now Shall We Live?

Rev. Madeline challenges the common “Doubting Thomas” framing, arguing that Thomas’s skepticism after Jesus’ brutal crucifixion was reasonable and shared by other disciples, including Mary Magdalene and Peter. Drawing on Barbara Brown Taylor, she highlights how resurrection upends what seemed certain about death and power, making the disciples’ need for proof and understanding deeply human. She presents resurrection as a central mystery of Christian faith, echoed in Eucharistic Prayer A, and contends that doubt should not be shamed or treated as the opposite of belief but seen as wonder-filled engagement with God’s work beyond human logic. Citing Rev. Ethan Lowry, she shifts the focus from intellectual certainty to trusting that death does not win and asking, in light of Christ’s death and resurrection, “How now shall we live?”00:00 Opening Prayer00:24 Rethinking Doubting Thomas01:43 Trauma And Disbelief03:46 Resurrection As Mystery05:41 Doubt Without Shame07:21 Belief And Wonder Together08:09 How Then Shall We Live09:21 Closing Doxology