1.Do you tend to be the kind of person who takes comfort in being better than others or are you the kind of person who feels inferior to others?

2.Why do people care so much about who is right or wrong in a divorce?

3.Did anyone’s divorce have much of an influence on you as a child?

4.Why would helping the poor have a benefit for someone who had been wealthy?

5.How can being guilty affect us in a positive way?

1. Who do you most connect with in this story, the father, the younger son, or the older brother? Why?

2.Why is it sometimes difficult for us to accept God’s graciousness to others who may not deserve it?

3.How do we find the ability to be patient like the father?

4.What is a time where your impatience set you behind in life?

5.In what ways can you be more patient with others?

1.What is your most courageous memory of your father?

2.In what ways, positively and negatively, have you been influenced by your father?

3.How does grace help you form memories of your father that are constructive?

4.How do you most want to be remembered by those who come after you?

1.What have you learned most from being around children?

2.In what ways do you need to become more like a child?

3.What makes us more ambitious as we age?

4.Why is forgiveness so hard? Especially repeated forgiveness?

1.What part of the Transfiguration story fascinates you the most?

2.How have you seen the world of fantasy intersecting with the world as we know it?

3.If you were able to travel backwards or forward in time, where would you want to go?

4.How has your father influenced who you have become?

5.What has been your experience with faith, prayer and fasting?

1.What shortcuts have you taken, as pain avoidance?

2.How can someone like Peter mean so well and be so wrong?

3.What decisions have you made in life that were painful but incredibly worth it?

4.In what ways has your life been harder because you followed Jesus?

5.What has made following Jesus worth the pain?

1.Who is the most resilient person you’ve ever known?

2.Does it seem like people are becoming more sensitive, and at the same time more fragilee?

3.What is the appeal of legalism?

4.When you fall into legalism do you tend more toward judgmentalism or defeat?

5.What are some ways you can use your mouth to improve your heart?

1.What situation typically comes to mind when you think of peace?

2.What are some situations or expectations in life that you had that turned out different than you expected or wanted?

3. In what ways has a relationship with God brought peace into your life?

4.What are some of your greatest stresses and worries right now?

5.What is something that the Holy Spirit is teaching you in your life right now?

1. What situation typically comes to mind when you think of peace?

2.What are some situations or expectations in life that you had that turned out different than you expected or wanted?

3.In what ways has a relationship with God brought peace into your life?

4.What are some of your greatest stresses and worries right now?

5.What is something that the Holy Spirit is teaching you in your life right now?

1.What are your earliest memories of your mom?

2.What are your best memories of your mom?

3.What used to drive you crazy about your mom but you now appreciate?

4.What woman was most like a mom to you other than your mom?

5.What fascinates you most about Mary?