The Honor System

Published: Oct. 22, 2022, 5 a.m.

It's easy to honor a father and mother who act...well...honorably. It's an entirely different story when they've acted in ways that have caused us pain or wreaked havoc on our lives. Parents make mistakes, and often grievous ones, yet the Bible's command in this regard was never tentative or conditional. We're simply called to honor them -- if only for the fact that they gave us life.