<p>“Live your best life!” It seems like every social media post, commercial, and self-help book seems to try to sell us our best life. But when the cameras are off, the Instagram filters are gone, and we’re alone with our thoughts, what really is our best life? If we have everything we want in the world, why do we sometimes still come up empty? This week we’re going to take a walk on the wild side as we explore the life of the prodigal son living his “best life” away from home.</p>

“Live your best life!” It seems like every social media post, commercial, and self-help book seems to try to sell us our best life. But when the cameras are off, the Instagram filters are gone, and we’re alone with our thoughts, what really is our best life? If we have everything we want in the world, why do we sometimes still come up empty? This week we’re going to take a walk on the wild side as we explore the life of the prodigal son living his “best life” away from home.

Walk on the Wild Side

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Charles Dickens both called it the “greatest story ever written.” Rembrandt and other artists have immortalized it in famous works of art. And theologians across the ages have long referred to as it as the “gospel within the gospel.”

So, what is it about Jesus’ parable of the prodigal son that connects with us at such a deep, personal level? Join us starting Sunda

re the intricate details of Jesus’ most beloved parable and discover new—and maybe even surprising—ways that it continues to teach us about God, grace, and what it means to hear the words, “Welcome home.”

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Ralph Waldo Emerson and Charles Dickens both called it the “greatest story ever written.” Rembrandt and other artists have immortalized it in famous works of art. And theologians across the ages have long referred to as it as the “gospel within the gospel.” So, what is it about Jesus’ parable of the prodigal son that connects with us at such a deep, personal level? Join us starting Sunda re the intricate details of Jesus’ most beloved parable and discover new—and maybe even surprising—ways that it continues to teach us about God, grace, and what it means to hear the words, “Welcome home.”

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