{"id":2400,"date":"2023-05-05T14:17:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T21:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=2400"},"modified":"2023-05-05T14:18:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T21:18:42","slug":"prodigal-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2023\/05\/05\/prodigal-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Prodigal Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n <\/p>\n

Prodigal Therapy<\/strong><\/p>\n

This didn\u2019t make it
\ninto the Bible, but
\nthe Prodigal Son
\nbecame a Family
\nTherapist.<\/p>\n

Remember him?
\nThe delinquent
\nwho demanded his
\ninheritance and
\nused it
\nto finance the
\ncareers of a
\nmotley crew of
\nhookers and drug dealers?<\/p>\n

Then he crawled home
\nand begged Daddy
\nto let him sleep
\nin a corner of
\nthe servants\u2019 quarters,
\nprobably on a pile
\nof his filthy work clothes,
\nfrom his last job
\nshoveling pig shit.<\/p>\n

But Daddy said
\nNO!<\/p>\n

And made him
\ntake a bath
\nso he could wear
\na brand new
\nparty robe,
\nthen put a ring
\non his finger
\nand wrote him
\na big check,
\nrestoring his
\nsquandered inheritance.<\/p>\n

Then the kid was
\nthe Guest of Honor
\nat a party to
\nshow off his
\nnew robe and
\npractice being
\nhappy again.<\/p>\n

Okay,
\nI\u2019m not sure
\nthe boy hung out
\na shingle to practice
\nFamily Therapy,<\/p>\n

but I like to
\nimagine his
\nfirst session
\nwith a despairing
\nfather,
\nwondering what
\nconsequences
\nshould be paid
\nby his rebellious,
\nbut equally despairing
\nson.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Nik Shuliahin; UnSplash)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Prodigal Therapy This didn\u2019t make it into the Bible, but the Prodigal Son became a Family Therapist. Remember him? The delinquent who demanded his inheritance and used it to finance the careers of a motley crew of hookers and drug dealers? Then he crawled home and begged Daddy to let him sleep in a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t