“If you’ve been following God’s rules for a while, don’t get upset if God welcomes somebody after giving up their sinful life.” Somehow this interpretation of the story always seemed incomplete. “If you stopped following God’s rules for a while, he’ll welcome you back if you give up your sinful life.” And 2. In previous studies and sermons, the lesson of the Prodigal Son had been boiled down to 1. The first time I read The Return of the Prodigal Son, I was struck with how real, how human the 3 main characters of the story finally became to me because of Nouwen’s analysis. In The Return of the Prodigal Son, Nouwen shares insights from years of study and thoughtful reflection (his own, his friends’, and fellow scholars’) on the familiar parable through the lens of Rembrandt’s famous painting. It also addressed how my deepest insecurities often distract me from that deep relationship I simultaneously long for yet am afraid of. It, along with a few other great books I read around the same time, opened my eyes to the depth of relationship that is possible with God. A number of years ago a friend loaned me her copy of Henri Nouwen’s the Return of the Prodigal Son.
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