• This whole section of Luke is about loss: woman loses coin, shepherd loses sheep, father
loses son. We’ve all lost something; as Ruby says, "Where does it hurt?"
• Something pushes the younger son to leave “home,” and then he “comes to himself”
and returns to love. Is his story in any way like yours?
• The father’s joy that what was lost is now found points to God’s joy when we turn back
toward God. Take a moment and tell God about any way you need to turn around, and
ask for help to do so.
• How do we make Middle Church more like “home” for you? For others?