The reality of doubt and its relationship to faith is dealt with by HELEN TERKELSEN (see biographical note preceding Like Trees Walking) in her particular unique style in Thomas Didymus:

An Honest Skeptic.

Since Easter is a week behind us and the life everlasting is a long way out in front of us, I’m going to ask you to visit a little room in Jerusalem where there is a handful of frightened people from up country behind closed doors. They were afraid of the Jews. It is the evening of the day of Resurrection. Jesus was not in the tomb; Mary Magdalene said she had seen him in the garden near the tomb but no one commented. She no doubt was keeping her own counsel, treasuring her personal experience. It is a hard thing to share.

Suddenly, Jesus was among them in the room. "Peace be with you…