Thou Art My Beloved Child: Parenthood for Prodigals

by Mockingbird on May 9, 2013 • 8:15 am 2 Comments

Changing things up a little, here’s one of the breakout sessions from the NYC conference, Matthew Schneider’s discussion of grace as it relates parenting and adoption in the fourth season of NBC’s Parenthood. Highly recommended, regardless of whether or not you’re a fan of the show. Just be sure to have some tissues handy. Quick note: the first three clips can be heard but not seen. All the others should be fine. You can view the missing footage in episode two of the fourth season, “Left Field” (22:51-24:40, 27:20-18:05, 34:40-36:25).

You may download the audio of this recording by clicking here.

2 comments

John Zahl says:

May 11, 2013

Great session about a show that absolutely drips with theological profundity. Thanks, Matt!

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Thou Art My Beloved Child: Parenthood for Prodigals