We love the story of the Prodigal Son—the return, the party, the welcoming-forgiving father! But when we realize that we are called to the ministry of reconciliation…
Then maybe it isn’t that wonderful! We like it when the other comes home, come to us asking for forgiveness, admitting that we were right; confessing that the deepest desire of their heart is to be just like us.
But how much of reconciliation depends on us? Are we willing to do that hard work, or do we prefer to continue to misunderstand what reconciliation is all about?