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2026 Discussion Questions

June 21, 2026 - Father's Day

Series: Unbound: Stories That Challenge and Change Us

Title: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Text: Luke 15:11-24

1. When you think of "home," what kinds of feelings, memories, or images come to mind?

2. Thinking about relationships in general, what tends to make it easier for connection to grow over time? What tends to create distance?

3. What image, phrase, or story from the message "Unbound: Where the Wild Things Are" stayed with you? What did it make you want to talk more about?

4. Read Luke 15:11-24 aloud. As you hear the story again, what moment or detail catches your attention in a way you may not have noticed before?

5. In this story, which character's experience do you find yourself reacting to most strongly, perhaps with empathy, frustration, confusion, or recognition? What do you think is behind that reaction?

6. What do you think it takes for someone to "come back to themselves," to reach a moment of honesty or clarity about where they are and what needs to change?

7. Read Isaiah 49:15-16 aloud. What does this image of being remembered and held by God suggest about God's care for us, even when we feel far away or forgotten?

8. Read 2 Corinthians 5:18-19 aloud. What does it mean that God is at work reconciling the world, and that this work of reconciliation is entrusted to us as well?

9. Where in your life might you be invited this week to extend grace to someone else or to receive grace that is difficult to accept?

10. How might your group pray for you this week around relationships that need healing, patience, or restoration?