by Megan Castellan Read Unless I see the marks of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the marks of the nails, and my hand in his side, I will not believe.  (John 20:25) Reflect It was a curious thing for Thomas to demand, after hearing the other disciples’reports.  They must have been horrified.  In the midst of their joy, why focus on the trauma?  Such a buzzkill–that Thomas.  Why not just demand to see Christ for yourself?  Why not just ask for an appearance of your own? Why ask to see the wounds? Why ask for a reminder of the worst few days anyone had ever experienced? Thomas isn’t usually preached like this, but earlier in the story, Thomas is a pretty gung-ho disciple. He volunteers to ride into death with Jesus, when Jesus wants to head back into the Jerusalem area to see about Lazarus’...