Lady Bird: Wanting More and Honoring Home (Luke 2:41-52)

Christine insists on being called Lady Bird—a name she gave herself. She fights with her mother constantly while loving her desperately. She wants to escape Sacramento, to become someone new, to attend a school on the East Coast that her parents cannot afford. Luke records Jesus staying behind in Jerusalem: Did you not know I had to be in my Father's house? Even Jesus pushed against his parents' expectations toward a larger calling. Lady Bird's tension with her mother is not rebellion but growth—the painful process of becoming oneself while remaining connected. The film ends with Lady Bird reclaiming Christine, calling home, finally able to love Sacramento because she left it.