The Prodigal Civilisation - story

This story has been performed in various venues across the UK to considerable effect. It is free for you to use and suits a variety of situations from discussions to worship where a Christian spirituality is welcome

The Prodigal Civilisation is a retelling of the story of the Prodigal son and concerns a civilisation that ‘squandered its inheritance’ in the earth, that went into crisis and finally ‘returned home’ to a vision of God surrounded by all the creatures of the earth.

You can download it from here The_prodigal_civilisationea.doc

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Found this very powerful when it was used in one of the “Holy Ground” sessions. Strangely (and it’s very odd that things happen like this!), our Thursday evening group - we’ve yet to come up with a name - has just started to use Henri Nouwen’s book “The Return of the Prodigal Son” as a basis for our informal chats over the weekly meal. It tells of Nouwen’s “long spiritual adventure” that started when he first came across Rembrandt’s painting of the subject - as you’ve illustrated - and was instrumental (at least in part) in him resigning from his teaching position at Harvard University to work with mentally handicapped people. We’ve just started it - I’ll keep you posted!