This week we began a series  on important relationships called Community. As we continue to shelter in place we are reminded just how important community is. From FaceTimes to zooms many of us are connecting with more people than ever before! But to live a healthy emotional life we need more than just surface level community, we need friendship. Friendship requires people being willing to make room for each other and to be willing to allow other people into their lives in deep and meaningful and vulnerable ways. We have lots of famous examples of deep friendship from Jesus' disciples, John Wesley’s class groups, and the cast of friends (ok some are a little more pop culture than others). All of those example friendships share some things in common. Each week in this series we are going to talk about an element in friendship that is important for developing healthy communities. This week we talk about the unfairly named “doubting Thomas” and why the story of his doubt is actually a story that should encourage all of us to make space for the doubt of others and ourselves. Thomas’ friendship with Jesus allowed him to be authentic even when it was scary. This week Pastor Sarah will share why communities need more people willing to make space for doubt.