Description
The Prodigal Prophet' is a Forrest Gump-like account of a simple man in
search of a pure faith among the Christian sects of Northern Ireland,
the British mainland and North America during the latter half of the
twentieth century and beyond.
As a satire it is hard to beat. It
is spell-binding, head-shakingly absurd, comic, caustic and tragic - a
see-saw of hopes raised and hopes dashed.
But it is not a satire.
It is what really happened to Dylan Morrison, a fervent, credulous man
in search of a Christian integrity worthy of his faith.
It's
lessons stretch far further than the narrow confines of present day
Christian observance. They apply to anyone in search of spiritual
solutions who hopes to find them at the feet of a guru. A Christian
churchman may be the ultimate oxymoron, but the spiritual Spiritualist
isn't far behind.
Dylan finally comes to the conclusion that
leaders need followers, and followers need leaders, and in that
co-dependency lies the problem. From now on his allegiance is to Spirit
alone.
Nevertheless, over the course of his journey, he has
experienced many strange and miraculous phenomena from speaking in
tongues, to prophesies that have come elliptically to pass, to
collapsing in the presence of the Spirit. He has lost a son and been
saved by another.
Redemption treads a winding path.
