Taste and See Again

This powerful message invites us into the tension between knowing and wondering, certainty and doubt, showing us that faith is not about arriving at perfect understanding but about returning again and again to taste God's goodness. Drawing from John 14 and 1 Peter 2, we encounter Thomas and Philip at the Last Supper asking questions that sound almost embarrassingly basic after three years of walking with Jesus. Yet Jesus doesn't shame their uncertainty. Instead, he offers them multiple ways in, reminding us that in the Father's house there are many dwelling places, spacious enough for the sure and the unsure alike. Similarly, the scattered Christians in Pontus and Bithynia, maligned and exiled for their faith, are told to keep longing for spiritual nourishment like newborns long for milk. The message here is profound: our questions don't disqualify us from belonging to God's people. The wondering itself is part of what faith looks like when it stops pretending. We're reminded that faith is not a state of arrival but a practice of return, and the table is set for those who come hungry, whether they come with certainty or just with questions. The cornerstone doesn't ask to be understood; it asks to be stood upon, and it holds us all.