1. What is the one word that best describes your father, and why?

2. Read Ephesians 6:13. Ordinarily, we would read this passage in the context that we are the parent. Instead, read it in the context that you are the son. Do any fresh perspectives occur to you?

3. I Timothy 5:4 is strong medicine-even if you love your parents. What are the practical implications of this command for you? Are they implications you are ready to face, and why or why not?

4. How can forgiving and/or caring for your parents set you free? Do you have any unfinished business with your parents-whether they are alive or not, receptive or not, known to you or not?