The word of the day is “turn.”  We are now in the third week of the Paschal season.  How has our life changed?  Yes, the joy of Pascha has given us new hope, new inspiration, and new faith.  Yet has that joy transformed our life?  If not, then Pascha is just another turning of the wheel of the church seasons.  Unless we make purposeful and permanent changes to the way we live, when next Lent comes, we will find ourselves in the same spiritual condition as we had last year. In today’s reading of Acts 3:19-26, Peter concludes his sermon in Solomon’s Porch with the “words of life” that God has sent “His Servant Jesus” to “bless you in turning…

The word of the day is “turn.”  We are now in the third week of the Paschal season.  How has our life changed?  Yes, the joy of Pascha has given us new hope, new inspiration, and new faith.  Yet has that joy transformed our life?  If not, then Pascha is just another turning of the wheel of the church seasons.  Unless we make purposeful and permanent changes to the way we live, next Lent, we will find ourselves in the same spiritual condition as we were last year. In today’s reading of Acts 3:19-26, Peter concludes his sermon in Solomon’s Porch with the “words of life” that God has sent “His Servant Jesus” to “bless you in turning away everyone…