“Repentance,” we may recall, means “changing one’s mind” — an inner confrontation with one’s self and, in some greater way, with God. (Even if we wish to call “God” by another name, whether personal or impersonal, we can’t evade the truth of a reality that transcends our selves, and which has on occasion throughout our lives had some sort of draw on us.) However, once we have opted to change, to rearrange our insides, to let God work on us, and to be disciples of Jesus and embrace his kingdom, we discover that his “yoke” and his “burden” not only do not crush us; they cause us to become fully
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