Have a Little Faith: A True Story

　　本書書緣採特殊設計，保留原始凹凸不平的切邊(Untrimmed on open edge)

　　暢銷書《最後14堂星期二的課》、《在天堂遇見的五個人》和《再給我一天》作者米奇．艾爾邦最新作品。

　　米奇．艾爾邦重新回到《最後14堂星期二的課》般的真實故事寫作，結合兩段關於信心的故事，變成一則激勵人心的感人作品。

　　在艱困的時代與環境，米奇．艾爾邦的故事再度提供讀者面對世界的力量。

　　歷經八年探索，暢銷書作者米奇．艾爾邦深入兩個真實人物的生命，帶給我們一個關於「希望、堅持、認錯與相信」的故事。

　　故事從一個問題開始：「你願意為我撰寫祭文嗎？」問這問題的人，是米奇小時候參加的猶太教會裡的牧師。這時老牧師已經八十二歲。為此，米奇回到他出生成長的故鄉，踏入一個他曾經知道但被他拋開多年的世界。

　　與此同時，他在目前居住的城市結識了另一位叫做亨利的基督教牧師。亨利牧師特別關注窮人和遊民，但他曾經由於販毒入罪坐牢。

　　這兩位牧師，一白一黑；一個六十年如一日，而今垂垂老矣，一個曾誤入歧途、歷經滄桑但現在虔誠又熱心；一個謹守宗教儀式、生活規律，另一個則在溫飽邊緣奮鬥。他們帶領的會眾不一樣；他們禱告的方式也不同。

　　在這一切的不同之中，他們有一個相像之處：他們都是有信仰的人。老猶太牧師，因著信仰而無懼於死亡迫近；黑人基督牧師，倚靠信仰來帶領他和他教會的信眾渡過艱難的每一日。

　　藉由這兩位上帝信使的故事，米奇與我們一起思索生命的難題：

　　好人遇到了壞事，該如何面對？
　　做錯事的人也能重新來過嗎？
　　什麼叫做原諒？什麼叫做真正的自由？
　　有可能與信奉不同宗教的人和諧相處嗎？
　　到底有沒有一個叫做天堂的地方存在？
　　你可以一面懷疑、還一面相信著什麼嗎？
　　信仰，真的有辦法帶領人渡過難關嗎？

　　最後，米奇發現：假如你相信有一個比你自身更大的事物存在，而且你仰賴祂的力量，你將會獲得深刻而踏實的安慰。進入了信仰的世界，你將會發現：人們相像的地方遠遠多於相異之處。

　　◎這本書，會碰觸到每個人內心深處那株具有神性的火苗；那是我們被創造出來的時刻，造物主在我們身上留下的印記。當我們軟弱、痛苦、不知如何是好的時候，願我們學著放下自己，仰望上天，讓上帝做出更好的安排。

　　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.

　　★本書中譯版《一點小信仰：在最困難的時候，你能不能把自己放下，相信希望？》由大塊文化出版。

作者簡介

米奇．艾爾邦　Mitch Albom

　　著有暢銷書《最後14堂星期二的課》、《在天堂遇見的五個人》和《再給我一天》，這幾本書售出42種語言的版本在全世界流傳。總計銷售全球超過兩千八百萬冊。這幾本書都改編拍攝成為供電視頻道播放的電影。

　　本業是新聞記者，後來專職寫作並獲得出版上的成功，現在他也撰寫電影劇本與舞台劇本。

　　在多個慈善機構裡擔任董事，並創立了三個慈善組織。現與妻子住在美國密西根州（Michigan

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.