Your Faith Journey - Finding God Through Words, Song And Praise

Historian, Douglas Brinkley, writes: “Usually, one day in a century rises above the others as an accepted turning point or historic milestone. It becomes the climactic day, or 'the day,' of that century.”  9/11 was a huge turning point for our country.  And, I suspect there are more to come in this century.  Turning points bring major change and they cause us to move in a different direction.  Turning points can cause global change, change within an entire culture or, if the turning point is in our own life, it can cause us as individuals to change the direction we are going.  I know I have experienced turning points in my life and it is because of those turning points that I am here today. Well, today we come to the place in the gospel where we find the central turning point in Mark.  Just before this reading, Jesus has asked the disciples, “Who do you say that I am?” In response, impetuous Peter had gotten all excited and professed that Jesus is indeed the long-promised Messiah.  And now, Jesus immediately