Peter asked it first: "Lord, where are you going?" Then Thomas: "We don't know where you're going — how can we know the way?" These weren't bad questions. They were honest ones. The disciples had spent three years following Jesus everywhere. He was their direction, their compass, their whole framework for understanding what God was doing in the world. And now He's saying He's leaving. Of course they feel lost. It's worth noticing that Jesus doesn't dismiss their anxiety. He doesn't say, "Relax, it's fine." He says, "Don't let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me" — and then He tells them exactly who He is and what He's doing. That's not insensitivity. That's a redirection — stop fixating on the size of your circumstances and start fixating on the size of your Savior. The anxiety we feel when things change or fall apart is real. Our brains are wired for stability. When that stability gets disrupted — by a job loss, a shift in culture, a failing relationship, or the general weight of what's happening in the world right now — it triggers fear, resistance, and a desperate search for solid ground. Jesus is saying: I am that ground. Not a road you travel. Not a philosophy you adopt. He is THE way — not one option among several, but the only foundation that doesn't move when everything else does. Whether you're sitting in Tierrasanta, Scripps Ranch, Ocean Beach, or anywhere else in San Diego, that offer is the same.