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EPISODE · Feb 11, 2026 · 4 MIN

Episode 30 - The Far Country

from Five Minutes in the Garden - A Daily Discussion of God's Word · host Demetrios Niapas

Before the son could return home, he had to leave. Jesus’ parable opens not with reconciliation, but with departure—a slow unraveling of inheritance, identity, and direction. The “far country” becomes a mirror for every soul who has tried to live apart from God, chasing autonomy and pleasure only to discover famine and emptiness. Today’s passage is not yet about repentance—it’s about recognition. Before the embrace, there’s a hunger. Before the welcome, there’s a wandering.

Before the son could return home, he had to leave. Jesus’ parable opens not with reconciliation, but with departure—a slow unraveling of inheritance, identity, and direction. The “far country” becomes a mirror for every soul who has tried to live apart from God, chasing autonomy and pleasure only to discover famine and emptiness. Today’s passage is not yet about repentance—it’s about recognition. Before the embrace, there’s a hunger. Before the welcome, there’s a wandering.

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Before the son could return home, he had to leave. Jesus’ parable opens not with reconciliation, but with departure—a slow unraveling of inheritance, identity, and direction. The “far country” becomes a mirror for every soul who has tried to live...

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