The Prodigal Son and Pig, by Charles McCollough

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Of all the moments he might have chosen to depict from this oft-cited parable, Charles McCollough offers this view from the pigpen. The once-proud son is nose-to-nose with the very swine he s competing with for food. There's pathos in the hollow cheeks, devastation in the bony ribs, defeat in the posture. But McCollough manages to inject a note of wry humor in the look of utter disbelief on the son's face as he makes eye contact with the sloppy-faced pig. McCollough is a Princeton-based theologian and artist. An ordained UCC minister, he is a renowned sculptor who has served as artist in residence at several seminaries. This image appears in his latest book, The Art of Parables, forthcoming from the CopperHouse imprint of Wood Lake Publishing.

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