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.

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 keephimself and his church afloat.

As America struggles with hard times andpeople turn more to their beliefs, Albom andthe two men of God explore issues that per-plex modern man: how to endure when difficultthings happen; what heaven is; intermarriage;forgiveness; doubting God; and the importanceof faith in trying times.

In the Beginning...

SPRING

The Great Tradition of Running Away

Meet the Reb

A Little History

Life of Henry

The File on God

The House of Peace

The Daily Grind of Faith

Ritual

The End of Spring

SUMMER

The Things We Lose...

Community

A Little More History

The Greatest Destion of All

Why War?

Happiness

The End of Summer

AUTUMN

Church

What Is Rich?

Church

Old

Church

A Good Marriage

Your Faith, My Faith

The Things We Find...

Thanksgiving

The End of Autumn

WINTER

Winter Solstice

Good and Evil

Life of Cass

Saying Sorry

The Moment of Truth

Heaven

Church

Goodbye

The Eulogy

... The Things We Leave Behind

Epilogue

Acknowledgments