Adam R. Nettesheim wanders through the arts as a vagabond. Though he “still hasn’t found what he’s looking for,” his travels have shown him that God has been weaving the golden thread of his story through our stories since the beginning, and he’s not done yet. He writes for The Cultivating Project. Adam and his wife Sarah have three children and live in Northern Colorado. 

Return of the Prodigal Son 

I am aching brother aching for someplace to lay my head 

I am searching darling searching for a bit of daily bread 

Well, I thought I heard you speaking,

thought I felt you drawing near 

Like the touch of some old memory that I wait for year to year 

CHORUS 

Oh, this is the return of the prodigal son 

Oh and still I keep that picture

somewhere in the back of my mind 

With your hands upon my shoulders,

where you held me in a holy light 

Someone said we live our lives on the brink of a great beginning

I’m still praying for that miracle –

some glimpse of a happy ending 

BRIDGE

A fool can hope, someone could be  

Fool enough to show him mercy

To love this dead man back to life  

©2022 Matthew Clark, Path in the Pines Music, ASCAP