(Chapters 4–5)

This is the episode about what it costs to grow up when no one tells you that you’re enough — and what happens when one person finally does.

Open with Ken transferring from his small country school to the big Holland Christian school in sixth grade. He called himself “scared of his own shadow.” A poor farm kid who didn’t even have indoor plumbing yet — too embarrassed to invite anyone home. A senior girl mocked him for wearing the same shirt two days in a row and he wanted to crawl into a hole.

Tell the story of his father honestly, the way the book does — John Jipping was a devout Christian, a hard worker, a man who could strike up a conversation with anyone. But at home, every idea Ken had was knocked down. He never felt smart enough or good enough. The book says it plainly: Ken believed his dad thought he wasn’ ...