Two Sons, One Father, and Family Dynamics

You know the story, no doubt. We have always called it “the parable of the prodigal son,” which focuses our storytelling and lessons on the younger son. Fair enough. He consumes the lion’s share of the parable. But then what to do with that older son? Ignore him? Toss him under the bus as little more than a nasty example of what was said about the Phari…