The Prodigal Son

The Father’s Forgiveness

BONNELL, Daniel

Contemporary American painter

oil on canvas, 36”x48”

This painting is owned by a private collector.

http://www.biblical-art.com/artwork.asp?id_artwork=31457&showmode=Full

Artist's comment: "I suppose that I have painted the Prodigal Son more than any other subject. I am not sure why that is. I believe it is because there are so many dimensions to the parable that keep me coming back to the story. This painting is about the Father and his love for his son which is unconditional love. I am fortunate enough to be loved this way by my earthly Father as well. Christ makes many attempts to express to his disciples the depth of His love and the love of His Father. I suppose this story is the closest thing to spiritually seeing what Jesus is trying to say to his disciples as well as you and I. We will one day see as we should, hear as we should and speak as we should. When we finally stand face to face with Him we will get it. Until then we need his story to express such a state of being and He gives us the grace to be Fathers to our children as well and to practice His unconditional love."

We must be more than our brother's keepers …

we must be our brother's brother.

~ Desmond Tutu

Forgiveness is not just an occasional act:

it is a permanent attitude. *

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

At Life Care a week ago, we were visited by a TV crew.

Debbie, Mitch Jelniker from Channel 7, Marilyn, Arlene

(the Activities crew at Life Care)

Mitch Jelniker and Carolyn

This is Eden (from church) posing at the Art Center

Opening Reception with the necklace she made.

This year’s High School Show is wonderful!

Celebrating with Eden!

To carry a grudge is like being stung

to death by one bee.

~ William H. Walton

March 14, 2010  Fourth Sunday in Lent

Previous OPQs may be found at:      

                http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm

* I keep trying to remember that!!!

From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way. So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us. So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God

2 Corinthians 5:16-21

Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein

Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org

Joshua 5:9-12

Psalm 32

2 Corinthians 5:16-21

Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32