![]() ![]() And he also considers something I had not considered before, what it means to become the father, as we surrender our sins of rectitude and excess to the love of the Father. I might add that he is also the true Elder brother who cares for the lost brother. He describes how Christ is both of these–the younger son in “becoming sin” and the elder son, in being the beloved Son who shares all things with his father. Many authors have explored what it means to be the younger son lost in profligacy and the elder son, lost in his rectitude and resentment and Nouwen does this also. He looks at the painting and parable in light of the three principle figures–the younger son, the elder son, and the Father. Eventually he spent several days meditating upon the original and out of this and reflection on the parable of Jesus, he wrote The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming. Nouwen, it was a portion of Rembrandt’s painting of The Return of the Prodigal Son that had this same effect. As a college student, a painting in the Butler Museum of Art titled In Flanders Fields Where Soldiers Sleep and Poppies Grow by Robert Vonnoh had that effect as I pondered young girls picking scarlet red poppies in what had once been a killing field. On a handful of occasions, a work of art has riveted my attention. The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming by Henri J.M. ![]()
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