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May 3, 2022Liked by Ashley Buenger

The jewel in the middle of this story, Micah and Asher's childhood revisited, is a tender reminder of the wounds our souls endure. Micah's response to his father hit a nerve - my own motives and evaluations of my daily work. Here's a Story continues to offer relational insights to some of the rich moments in God's Word that I assumed I was familiar with.

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May 2, 2022Liked by Ashley Buenger

Again, I appreciate your visioning of the interactions in the story. I have observed a similar dynamic in the movie "Legends of the Fall," between the characters played by Brad Pitt and Aidan Quinn. Quinn plays the elder brother frustrated by the roguish behavior of his younger brother. It is encapsulated in a scene in which he grieves the death of his wife, played by Julia Ormond, who he knows always loved Pitt's character. (If you've seen the movie, you already know this!) Here is a link to the scene I'm talking about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrOg-G72US0

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Once again, such a beautiful imagining of an old, familiar story. This one is powerful, Ashley!

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“His stomach jumped like a starving dog at a table scrap.“ I like how this reminded me of another of Jesus’ teachings. I also liked how your brothers story drew my mind back to Cain and Able with the parts about tending the fields and tending the livestock. Your fleshing out of this story makes it very relatable. I took a course in college that was all about taking Jesus’ stories and giving them more, writing stories from them, and sometimes bringing them into present times. You would have excelled in his course. (I did not!). I think you will enjoy this sermon: https://cov-sermons.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/2022+cov-sermons.pdf/Sermon+2022.03.27+(SWC).pdf

One last thought I had was about the fatted calf and I wondered if there were other examples of preparing the fatted calf in the Bible. When I googled I found mostly just references to the parable.

Thank you for sharing this on Facebook!

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