September 16, 2025

Today at 6:30 PM: Tuesday, Friends Book Discussion Group

September 16, 2025/ St Johns United Church of Christ

Dear Friends, we continue our discussion of "The Return of the Prodigal Son" by Henri J. M. Nouwen. Our discussion made it through Chapter 5, "The Elder Son Leaves, subtitle "Without Joy" my page 72. We will continue from there through Chapter 8, page 109 and the hopefully finish our discussion next week.

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