Lent 4
Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

The young son had gone to San Francisco. He was out of money, out of friends, out of options. He had hit the bottom and was at wits ends. This lost son wrote a letter home to his parents living in the Seattle area. He wrote, “Dear Mom and Dad, I have disappointed you deeply. I have wasted what you provided for me and have sinned against God through what I’ve done. I am not worthy to be called your son. There is no reason for you to love me or welcome me back home. But I am at the bottom of the barrel, and I need to come home. I hope that you would welcome me. I have been given a ticket for a train, a ticket to get me back to Seattle. The train comes past our farm. The train comes around the bend and right past our farmhouse. If you want me to come home, please put a white towel on the clothesline, out in the backyard near the tracks. I will then know that you want me to come back home. If there is no towel there, I understand. I will understand that it is not right for me to return home.” Read More...