Posts tagged "Prodigal Son"
Previously on Parenthood: Another Breakout Session Preview
Children / Conferences / Grace in Practice / TV

Previously on Parenthood: Another Breakout Session Preview

by Matt Schneider on Apr 2, 2013 • 3 Comments

Here is the latest installment of our breakout session previews for the upcoming 2013 Mockingbird Conference this month!

For the session I’m hosting—“Thou Art my Beloved Child: Parenthood for Prodigals”—we will be looking at instances of surprisingly unconditional grace, mercy, and compassion (i.e., love) in the family context as seen in the TV show Parenthood. My emphasis will be more on parenthood-the-topic than Parenthood-the-show so that anyone, whether a regular Parenthood viewer or someone who has never even heard of it, may follow and enjoy the discussion. That said, I will use Parenthood for my illustrations because I myself am…

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Previously on Parenthood, Pt. 5: Perfect Love & Prodigal Returns
Christmas / Forgiveness / Relationships / Suffering / TV

Previously on Parenthood, Pt. 5: Perfect Love & Prodigal Returns

by Matt Schneider on Dec 17, 2012 • 6 Comments

This is the fifth installment in a look at the theological and pastoral wisdom found in the current season of NBC’s Parenthood, mostly regarding the intersection of unsuspected love in the context of suffering. It has been almost a month since I have written anything, mostly because I felt the program was in the middle of a filler-episode streak, understandably serving to carry on the narratives of its many subplots but not standing out with profound moments of grace in ways earlier episodes have. Don’t get me wrong. There were some touching moments in recent episodes like Adam caring for Kristina…

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Hopelessly Devoted: Luke Chapter Fifteen Verses Seventeen through Twenty Four
Bible / Forgiveness

Hopelessly Devoted: Luke Chapter Fifteen Verses Seventeen through Twenty Four

by Mockingbird on Oct 1, 2012 • 2 Comments

This morning’s devotion comes from Jonathan Adams, pastor of Village Church Vinings in Atlanta, in a piece that was originally titled, “The Gospel is the Final Blow.”

17 “But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.”’ 20 And he arose and came…

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Hopelessly Devoted: Luke Chapter Fifteen Verses Eleven Through Thirty-Two
Bible / Sermons / Theology

Hopelessly Devoted: Luke Chapter Fifteen Verses Eleven Through Thirty-Two

by Mockingbird on Mar 5, 2012 • No Comments

Our intrepid podcaster has been taking a breather this past couple weeks while he’s been out of the country, so we thought we’d run another Hopelessly Devoted this morning. This one comes from Paul Walker, and takes as its text the Parable of the Prodigal Son, dovetailing nicely with the Forde quote from last week, as well as one of the collects for the second Sunday in Lent (below). You may read the entire parable here, the final two verses of which we’ve reproduced here:

31 “‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is…

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C. FitzSimons Allison’s Kitten Story
Books / Conferences / Law / Theology

C. FitzSimons Allison’s Kitten Story

by David Zahl on Apr 13, 2010 • 2 Comments

 From 1962′s Fear Love and Worship:

“One reason for the joy in heaven over a sinner’s repentance is the unique power which comes with forgiveness. The repentant sinner, having been forgiven and having been taken back like the Prodigal Son, learns a lesson of love that the righteous do not know. On his return the Prodigal knows the power of the father’s love much better than he did before he left. This curious and alarming spiritual fact, that a forgiven sinner has experienced a measure of God’s love he did not know…

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