You are very familiar with the story. The prodigal son leaves the home of his father to live what he believed to be his best life, but he ended up in a filthy pig pen, starving, envying the pigs their slop. Prodigals today do the same thing. They leave relationship with their heavenly Father to … Continue reading The Pig Pen Is a Place of Hope

Two things about the Magi: 1) they spent their lives studying the skies, looking for truth and how it affected life on earth; and 2) it is possible they heard about the coming King from Daniel.[1] The Bible tells us that when they saw the star, it moved them. They obviously made preparations, gathered supplies … Continue reading The Magi and Prodigals Find Jesus

I would like to share a few thoughts with you about three different clouds in the Bible and how they point us to truths for this journey with a prodigal. The first cloud is part of the story of Elijah that we find in 1 Kings 17 and 18, when he proclaimed a drought during … Continue reading Three Clouds

Safe. Joyful. Peaceful. Restful. Not words we would use to describe feelings associated with the journey of loving and praying for a prodigal. We might use words like tumultuous, dangerous, frightening, dark, sad, and unnerving, and sometimes we just need a retreat, a place to which to run. The Lord is our safe place, our … Continue reading Our Safe Place is God and His Presence

A mother of prodigals wrote to tell me of a raindrop, evidence of answered prayer for her family. She wrote: “I see a small crack in the door and light is creeping in.” She wrote: “No matter how dark the tiniest beam of light lets you see.” That is beautiful! The time between when a … Continue reading A Crack in the Doorway