Sunday/Prodigal
In the Old Testament reading, Moses argues with God, who plans retribution against the 'depraved' Israelites, and wins.
The Gospel has three parables, one of a shepherd going after a lost sheep, one of a fussy woman who has lost a coin, and the doting father who is thrilled with the return of his prodigal son. A responsible loner in the mountains, an obsessive cleaner/collector, and the father in love-- nothing like the fierce and vengeful God depicted in the Old Testament reading--all devoted to the lost, the separated, the failed. All the victims of chance and, in the Prodigal, free will. And only the righteously offended older brother of the Prodigal comes off badly.
These parables have emerged recently as a defense of the current culture's obsession with the culture's outliers.
These parables have emerged recently as a defense of the current culture's obsession with the culture's outliers.
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