Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom

This book I read for my book club. It was a very fast read and a very heartwarming book. It is a true story based on Albom's experiences.

The book begins with a request: an 82-year-old rabbi from Albom’s old hometown asks him to say his eulogy. Albom insists on understanding him better. Meanwhile, Albom becomes involved with a Detroit pastor – a reformed drug dealer and convict – who preaches to the poor and homeless in a decaying church. Moving between their worlds, Christian and Jewish, African-American and white, poor and rich, Mitch observes how these very different men have faith: the older rabbi, embracing it as death approaches; the younger, inner-city pastor relying on it to keep himself and his church afloat.
The book explores things that many wonder and question about life- how to keep going when difficult things happen; what heaven is; intermarriage; forgiveness; doubting God; and the importance of faith in trying times. Albom begins to realize similarities between the two worlds - and really, between beliefs everywhere. In the end, he finally understands what both men had been teaching all along: the profound comfort of believing in something bigger than yourself. Have a Little Faith is a book about a life’s purpose; about losing belief and finding it again.
Here is a quote I liked from the book-
" If we tend to things that are important in life, if we right those we love a d behave in line with our faith, our lives will not be cursed with the aching throb of unfulfilled business, our words will be sincere, our embraces tight. We will never wallow in the agony of " I could have, I should have."
I enjoyed this book. It was encouraging and very thought provoking. It made me think about my own faith and beliefs and how we are all alike.