Worship for the Fourth Sunday of Lent
Sun, Mar 30
|Trinity Sanctuary & Online
Once again, grace is not earned.
Time & Location
Mar 30, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:10 AM
Trinity Sanctuary & Online, 6215 196th St SW, Lynnwood, WA 98036, USA
About
Fourth Sunday of Lent
FULL TO THE BRIM: PRODIGAL GRACE
The word “prodigal” is commonly used to describe the son who squanders his inheritance. Yet, this parable invites us to consider how God’s grace is also prodigal—extravagant, lavish, illogical. This parable disrupts and expands our definitions of grace. Once again, grace is not earned. After wasting his resources, the younger son becomes destitute and returns home to his father, saying, “I am no longer worthy.” His father, instead, greets him with a celebration and the fatted calf. The older son, in contrast, has done everything “right”—he’s tried to perform, work hard, check all the boxes—but he forgets how to celebrate. How might you receive and extend prodigal grace?
Readings: Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 and 2 Corinthians 5:16-21