Daz put this up and is worth a repost in my book ?(Again insight into my brain with the choice of image alongside someone else’s thinking)-?Age

The Prodigal Part Deux ? The Brother Bites Back

Last week?s lectionary reading was the story of the ?Prodigal Son? or of the ?Ungrateful Senior Son? or ?The Father of Grace,? whatever you?d like to call it. ?The actual reading was: Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

As the story was being re-told I started to zone out and imagine what would happen if I were to add a second part to the story, one that?s not that familiar (because it was never told) but one that somehow feels true enough to engage the cynical side of my psyche. ?As it happens the minister asked us what we were thinking, and I decided to share my sequel to the parable.

I thought I?d write it here, feel free to alter, change, get pissed off, be inspired, I don?t really mind?

I?m currently calling this The Prodigal Part Deux ? The Brother Bites Back.

The elder son, having heard news of his father?s extravagant grace and the way that he had welcomed his younger brother back into the house became outraged. (How dare his father welcome that ungrateful prick back into the house like that, and what?s up with not inviting him to the party?) Having to be told about all of this by a servant made matters worse?

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