11/6/2014 10:00:00 AM — There are many powerful lessons to be learned in what is perhaps the best-known parable of Jesus, the story of the prodigal son. At its core, of course, it shows the heart of God toward sinners who ask for redemption, in stark contrast to the way the religious people of Jesus’s day saw them.

But I am starting to see in this parable something I’ve never seen before: a cautionary tale for those in the Church who would leave its covering.Read More

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