The Road Home
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Rosemary Parker – I tried to represent a scene that has been with me since hearing the prodigal as a child. I had always imagined a long and winding road leading off in the distant countryside. Far from home, the son was on his own. After a change of heart, he travels the same road, but this time with a changed heart as he walks toward his father’s home. The road symbolizes for me the walk we have with Christ during our years here on earth-how that walk changes us and leads us to our Father’s home.
Lost
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Rosemary Parker – The first parable Jesus tells in Luke 15 is of a shepherd who has lost one of his sheep. He leaves his flock of ninety-nine to go and search for the one lost. The importance of this story for me is to illustrate God’s love for the world. His love for the “one” is as much as the “ninety-nine” (the redeemed). This is His heart and should be ours as well.
Lost Identity
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Tahnya Palanca – What about the lost? The prodigal son is the individual living in sin who finally repents and returns to a personal relationship with God. Just as a fingerprint is very unique to each of us, so are our sins, repentance, and faith. The parable depicts God’s amazing ability to forgive and restore us, His great love that accepts us independently of our status and past. “In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” (Luke 15:10)
The Burden of Anger
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Dennis Oxley – The eldest son in “the prodigal son” was interesting. Understanding the older son’s anger, he’s portrayed as hard working, respectful, and more in control, maybe to a fault. The return of his brother into his father’s open arms after frittering away the wealth his father has bestowed on him left the elder son questioning his righteous path in life. His outward display of anger was accompanied by an inner hurt and disappointment with his own anger.
At the Cross
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Lauren O’Dell – When I first heard the prodigal’s story, I thought of a lost man wandering around looking for answers. The answers to his questions are all found at the cross.
Embraced Him
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Shannon Oberlag – In reading the story of the prodigal in The Message, the most touching part to me is when the father see’s the son returning: “His heart pounding, he ran out, embraced him, and kissed him.” The true, genuine grace and love that the father has for the son is the inspiration for my piece.
Real-Time: Luke 15
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Teresa Newton-Terres – This art work sheds light on a modern-day Luke 15 experience; a personal story and its journey. I was two years old when my father was lost at sea on the Marie off Santa Cruz Island. As a child, I cried for a lost earthly father. As I grew older, my cries went to a Heavenly Father because when I sought Him, I always found Him as a Father who has never been lost and who’s always there for His children. Through this art and a future memorial service, God is providing the opportunity to honor my earthly and heavenly fathers. In seeking out God’s glory and purpose for the Marie Shipwreck at Santa Cruz, I have found the path to follow.
Letting Go
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Sandra Newberg – As the mother bird teaches her babies to fly—then lets them—so must we as parents, let our children go. Sometimes the road can be long and the struggles many, but with God’s help, we will be there to welcome them home.
Breathe Again
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Sandra Newberg – Like the prodigal son—sometimes we too get lost. In order to breathe again, we need to let go, be free, and find our way home.
A New Beginning
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Gerri Much – I wanted to show a beautiful place that I felt the prodigal son was going to and give the feeling of a “new beginning” for him, which he was going to have once he got to his father and confessed to him that he had sinned against him and God. His father forgave him as soon as he saw him, which gave him “A New Beginning.”
Forgiven
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Earl Morris – When I thought of the prodigal son story in Luke 15, the first image that popped into my mind was the son running back to his father, and his father embracing him. The first word that popped into my mind was “FORGIVEN.” I tried to create a piece of artwork that incorporated both of those images. I hope you enjoy it.
What the Father Sees
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Rita Mobbs – The Holy Spirit brought this image and title to my mind. Even as children of God, we can choose to go our own way. When we confess our sin, we can be confident our Heavenly Father will greet us with open arms and will rejoice at our reconciliation to Him. Luke 15:20 says, “So he got up and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion for him, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.” Luke 15:24 says, “For this son of mine was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.”
Promise of Restoration
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Becky Margaret Mitchum – This year’s festival theme was personal. The mother of a prodigal daughter, for the second of my two paintings I drew from the prodigal story’s final verse (Luke 15:32). I put it in the present tense because, although my prodigal has not yet returned, I know she will and I celebrate as if she already has (Romans 8:24). Out of the whites of clouds against a blue sky over me appears the laughing face of Jesus. He is glad not only for the restoration of His prodigal He can already see (for what is time to Jesus?), but also for my faith that it will come to pass.
Prodigal In Poppies and Forget-Me-Nots
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Becky Margaret Mitchum – The prodigal in my painting lies in a meadow of poppies; beautiful flowers, but also the source of a powerful drug. Where perhaps at first this prodigal ran wild with her freedom through the poppies, escaping into delirium, here she lies almost buried in them. She looks to the pig behind her, but he makes no attempt to help her. She is beginning to regret her decisions. Among the poppies are Forget-Me-Nots: Despite this prodigal’s rebellion she wants to know someone is never going to give up on her. The prodigal’s parents will never give up on her, but how much more tenacious is her heavenly Father! God sees my child’s eternity. He will never forget her.
Sin’s Color
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Virginia Mills – The prodigal son left home and family following the road that glowed with visions of bright, vivid colors of city light and freedom. He had money in his pocket and opportunities just waiting to be experienced. Now he is at the end of the road, his money gone and left with few opportunities. The colors of his life have now turned to pig slop and rotten food. The colors of death have started to change the pallor of his existence. His eyes look up and he remembers his father’s compassion. He’s going home.
