If you haven’t read ‘Tuesday’s With Morrie,’ then I suggest it makes your “50 things I must do before I die” list!
Mitch Albom has a gift for taking the taboo subjects of our lives and 21st century Americanized Western culture, and confronting his readers with questions like ‘What’s our purpose in life?’, ‘What’s the place and importance of our relationships?’, ‘What’s the meaning and purpose of our death?’
‘Have a Little Faith’ deals with an even more sensitive topic, that of religion, the sometimes violent, sometimes awkward and sometimes beautiful relationships between the world’s major Religious traditions and asks ‘What do I believe?’, ‘Do I have faith?’ and ‘In what do I place my faith?’
While the novel will be popular and will sell, it’s not trendy, while it addresses a controversial topic, it does so without the sensationalism of modern self-help programs, and while it calls people to reconsider the place of formal religion, it does so without being overly moralistic.
In truth, it didn’t leave me with the same warm fuzzies, “I-want-to-hug-everyone-I-love” feeling that ‘Tuesday’s With Morrie’ did, but it still made for a thought-provoking and interesting look at the lesser known people in our religious communities who work tirelessly in the counter-cultural, often unrewarding and always self-sacrificing service of others.
Well worth a read!
Ahh... Serenity 
I agree, I do think you would enjoy the novel. Let me know if you are interested – you can borrow my copy.
Sounds like a book to keep an eye out for. The fact that formal religions on the whole are good at forming supportive communities, and aren’t always looking to evangelise, gets left by the wayside, even though a sense of community is what a lot of people are looking for these days.