St. Paul’s Adult
Forum
Spring 2010
Have a Little Faith
April 25, 2010 - pp. 34 - 66
Reb
 | What were his sermons like? |
| Why did Lewis become a rabbi? What was your reaction to his story? |
| What is the role and importance of ritual in Lewis’ life? Do you have rituals (religious or otherwise) that help connect you to others? |
| What was it like when Mitch hugged the Reb for the first time? |
| What do you think is the significance of the flashback to Mitch’s Bar Mitzvah? What was your reaction to his comment about his parents? |
| Later in this section we discover that Mitch and Lewis have been meeting for three years--did you expect this? Why do you think it continued for so long? Why does Mitch keep going? |
| The last section describes Lewis’ concept of the "sacred community" or "Kehillah Kedoshah." What does this mean to him? How does he create and sustain it? Why did Mitch share the story of the visit to the Jewish stranger in the hospital? Who called Lewis to visit this man? |
| How can/do we create this kind of "sacred community"? |
Henry
| How did his father’s death affect him? |
| What was happening to Henry at the same time Mitch was going through his Bar Mitzvah? |
| What was Henry’s experience in prison like? How did you react to the story of how he ended up in prison? |
For next week: Read pp. 66 - 103.