Mitch Albom

A True Story

Have a Little Faith

Vicky  Nuñez 

A truly inspiring tale of a man who did not knew what faith was and found the answer in the story of two very different, but very similar men. 
What I liked most about this book was Mitch Albom's acceptance of his condescending behavior toward religion. He was a man of science, a successful man, why should he care about what God did? He was already prosperous. Until a strange request opens his eyes to the truth.
Overall, I found Have a little faith a great inspirational book for those wavering in faith. And it makes you rethink life and your gratitude toward what you have been given.

my short reading and my first non fiction this month! i found many unfamiliar words.. it's still wholesome how he described the profound while finding God and life purpose as a journey. but it didn't leave so much mark in my heart

Short read I enjoyed. It's a book about religion and, but glad it wasn't called have a little religion, because it didn't come off that way at all. A touching story with a cool convergence towards the end of the book and fun quotes I can pass onto others at random dinner parties. 

Kohei (Jonah) Foss

Stefanie Sugia

Awesome book! I had a lot of things to learn from this book. I feel like i'm learning from Reb & Henry's life experiences. The story is so beautifully written! I love Mitch Albom's writing. :D

The story begin with the life of a Rabbi named Albert Lewis (or mostly called as The Reb in this book), asking Mitch to write his eulogy. It seems like the Reb is asking Mitch for a favor, while actually Mitch is given one. 

Mitch doesn't really know Reb that well, so he's quite confused why the Reb wanted him to do his eulogy. But nonetheless, Mitch said yes, but he said he needed to know the Reb better. From that day onwards, Mitch and the Reb met each other often to talk about life and possibly anything. Their meeting goes on for 8 years, and during that 8 years, Mitch finally grew to know the Reb better while learning a lot of lessons at the same time. 

And there's also Henry Covington. A guy who in the beginning seems like a guy who's not likely to be in a book with the title "Have a Little Faith". He was a man with a lot of dark history: including drug dealing, stealing, being an alcoholic. He even said it himself, that during those days, he had broken all the Ten Commandments. But one day, when his life was a mess and it seems his life was going to end, he asked this one question to God: 

"Will you save me, Jesus?" he asked, trembling. "If I promise to give myself to you, will you save me tonight?"

With the fact that he's still able to wake up the next morning set his mind straight. He finally devoted his life to God. 
And the story goes from there. Mitch doing an eulogy for the Reb, and listening to the changes happening in Henry's life. 


So, personally speaking, I really love this book. I mean, totally LOVE it. Not only because Mitch Albom can writes beautifully, and every scene seems... real. Even if it's just a short sentence, it just describe everything so perfectly and leaves a really deep impression in my heart. 
I also learn a lot of things from the things that the Reb said. His life principles is something that I want to have and I would want to live a life like him. Same thing with Henry Covington. His turning point in life amazes me. Someone who's so cruel and sinful in the past, trying to do something better in life. All the things he did for other people is really admirable.

I have LOTS and lots of favorite parts in this book. If i have to write all my favorite parts in this review, I think i would have to type the whole book itself. So I'm suggesting people to just read it, and choose their favorites for themselves. :):)
Here's one of my favorite parts, it's a sermon by the Reb. I love this because it has such a deep meaning in it. I read this for about 5 times repeatedly. :) Enjoy.

From a Sermon by the Reb, 1975

"A man seeks employment on a farm. He hands his letter of recommendation to his new employer. It reads simply, 'He sleeps in a storm.'
"The owner is desperate for help, so he hires the man.
"Several weeks pass, and suddenly, in the middle of the night, a powerful storm rips through the valley. 
"Awakened by the swirling rain and howling wind, the owner leaps out of bed. He calls for his new hired hand, but the man is sleeping soundly.
"So he dashes off to the barn. He sees, to his amazement, that the animals are secure with plenty of feed. 
"He runs out to the field. He sees the bales of wheat have been bound and are wrapped in tarpaulins. 
"He races to the silo. The doors are latched, and the grain is dry.
"And then he understands. 'He sleeps in a storm.'
"My friends, if we tend to the things that are important in life, if we are right with those we love and behave in line with our faith, our lives will not be cursed with the aching throb of unfulfilled business. Our words will always be sincere, our embraces will be tight. We will never wallow in the agony of 'I could have, I should have.' We can sleep in a storm.
"And when it's time, our good-byes will be complete."

5 stars for my favorite author, Mitch Albom. :)

Binish Fatima

The Reb spoke words which I wish everybody could listen to❤

noha

“Because when the world quiets to the sound of your own breathing, we all want the same things: comfort, love, and a peaceful heart.”

I knewwww this was on my tbr list for a reason!! i was lucky enough to find a copy of the book in our local bookshop <333

Did I cry? Oh, boy oh boy, many many parts of the book moved me to tears :’) Have a Little Faith is such an amazing and unforgettable story with a beautiful message ✨ I like Mitch’s writing; the kind of simple that can get to your soul.

An Uplifting and inspiring novel. I love love love it

Ken Gagne

I enjoyed Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie but was disappointed by his next two books, The Five People You Meet in Heaven and One More Day; both works of fiction seemed written to be turned into TV movies. Albom finally returns to non-fiction with Have a Little Faith, which, like Tuesdays, has him visiting weekly with a dying mentor. This time, the elder is Albom's childhood rabbi, representing a faith Albom has lost touch with.

The book deftly weaves across multiple timeframes: the present day, Albom's childhood, the rabbi's upbringing, and also a discrete narrative of a Brooklyn drug dealer. If you read the inside flap of the book, you'll already know how all these threads tie together, so it's better to go in not knowing.

Like Marley & Me, you know how the book will end, but it's still moving when you get there. Overall, a pleasant book with some nuggets of wisdom.

Jane Krauss

** spoiler alert **
           I really enjoyed this book. I loved reading back and forth in time and getting the big picture of what makes people who they are.

logan johnson

Najat ♡

maariyah 

What if our beliefs were not what divided us, but what pulled us together In Have a Little Faith, Mitch Albom offers a beautifully written story of a remarkable eight-year journey between two worlds--two men, two faiths, two communities--that will inspire readers everywhere. Albom's first nonfiction book since Tuesdays with Morrie, Have a Little Faith begins with an unusual request: an eighty-two-year-old rabbi from Albom's old hometown asks him to deliver his eulogy. Feeling unworthy, Albom insists on understanding the man better, which throws him back into a world of faith he'd left years ago. Meanwhile, closer to his current home, Albom becomes involved with a Detroit pastor--a reformed drug dealer and convict--who preaches to the poor and homeless in a decaying church with a hole in its roof. Moving between their worlds, Christian and Jewish, African-American and white, impoverished and well-to-do, Albom observes how these very different men employ faith similarly in fighting for survival: the older, suburban rabbi embracing it as death approaches; the younger, inner-city pastor relying on it to keep himself and his church afloat. As America struggles with hard times and people turn more to their beliefs, Albom and the two men of God explore issues that perplex modern man: how to endure when difficult things happen; what heaven is; intermarriage; forgiveness; doubting God; and the importance of faith in trying times. Although the texts, prayers, and histories are different, Albom begins to recognize a striking unity between the two worlds--and indeed, between beliefs everywhere. In the end, as the rabbi nears death and a harsh winter threatens the pastor's wobbly church, Albom sadly fulfills the rabbi's last request and writes the eulogy. And 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; about the divine spark inside us all. It is one man's journey, but it is everyone's story. Ten percent of the profits from this book will go to charity, including The Hole In The Roof Foundation, which helps refurbish places of worship that aid the homeless.

Josh Orwick

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Nora Salman

Maryam Mashaly

Noha Abdelaziz

Nada Ghanim

Shrouk Shafie

Will you do my eulogy? With those words, Mitch Albom begins his long-awaited return to non-fiction. His journey to honour the last request of a beloved clergyman ultimately leads him to rekindle his own long-ignored faith. Albom spends years exploring churches and synagogues, the suburbs and the city, the "us" versus "them" of religion. Slowly, he gravitates to an inner-city pastor of a crumbling church that houses the homeless, and is stunned at how similar belief can be. As his own beloved cleric slowly lets go, Albom writes his final farewell, having learned that a faithful heart comes in many forms and places.

Have a Little Faith A True Story

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