One person said that the central friction with the son in the Prodigal story is that he had forgotten where he belonged.  Maybe at our core, to be human is to belong--to belong to a place and with that place, to belong with and for a community.

But why, then, is it so common for us to feel rootless and displaced? Why if belonging is part of what we are made for, do we experience so much exclusion? What is it we are afraid of?

Belonging and Fear, today on Don’t Hold Me To This.

Don’t Hold Me To This Podcast is a production of Don’t Hold Me To This.