Sitting With a Loved One in Their Grief

Watching someone you love grieve is an incredibly difficult space to find yourself in. I often hear things like “I just don’t know what to say” or “what can I even do to help them?” Hopefully in this article I can provide some insight into how to sit with your loved ones in their grief.

Parable of the Prodigal Son: A Mismatching Experience

The Parable of the Prodigal Son is primarily Jesus sharing his experience of his heavenly father. Kenneth Bailey (1989), one of the foremost scholars in middle eastern culture, views Jesus as a metaphorical theologian with his extensive use of parables and everyday examples in his teaching.