What if the story of the prodigal son isn't primarily about a son who ran away, but about a Father who never stopped loving him?We often read Jesus' parable of the prodigal son as a story about someone else. Someone who made terrible choices. Someone who wandered too far. Someone who finally realized the consequences of his decisions.But what if the story is also about us?In Born Running: Finding Our Way Home Through the Story of the Prodigal Son, Ron Pawloski PhD takes us beneath the familiar details of Jesus' parable and into the deeper struggle of the human heart.Why do we resist God?Why do we believe our way will make us happier than His way?Why do good desires so easily become controlling desires?Why can we remain outwardly religious while quietly trusting ourselves more than we trust God?And what happens when the things we believed would satisfy us leave us empty?Through six engaging chapters, Born Running explores the wandering heart, pride and self-reliance, the emptiness of the far country, repentance, the struggle of the older brother, and the restoring grace of the Father.This is not a book about simply trying harder to behave better. It is an invitation to let God work beneath our behavior, exposing the places where we have trusted ourselves instead of Him and leading us toward genuine freedom.Because the gospel does not merely tell us to stop running.It tells us that there is a Father who comes looking for His children.Grace does not pretend our rebellion does not matter. Grace meets us in the middle of it, calls us to repentance, restores our identity, and teaches us to live as beloved children rather than people desperately trying to earn God's love.Whether you have wandered into a far country or have remained close to home while your heart has quietly drifted, Born Running will invite you to ask a deeply personal question: Where are you running, and what are you hoping to find when you get there?You were born running.But by grace, you can finally come home.
