Parables in the Park

Last evening Tom & I attended the first of a series of lessons from the parables that are being held in the park next door to our marina. Our Lutheran congregation is hosting these sessions, hoping to draw in many people from other congregations and the surrounding area. The event was a great success. The weather was perfect, and the setting was just right for a worship experience that was unusual for Lutherans! The message, based on the Parable of the Lost Son, was a blend of skit, narration, and audience participation. As many times as I've read or heard that story preached, this event truly provided new insight into a message that I thought I knew. We also had a Christian rock band, Michael Zane and the Red Letter Band. The bass guitarist had to brave the flood waters in Binghamton to get to us, but he finally made it, and their music was awesome! Have you ever really listened to the words of the Beatles tune, Help Me? We did, and in the context of the Lost Son, those words took on new meaning.