Let's Bust a Recap : Tuesdays with Morrie

I should have gotten this post up last week, but sometimes blogging is just a drag, y'all. Reading Tuesdays with Morrie, however, was anything but a drag. 

This sweet little memoir was first published in 1997 and since that time has been translated into 31 languages in 36 countries. I'd call that a hit. The writer, Mitch Albom, has not only authored several popular books, he is a top sports columnist, ESPN sports panelist and commentator, and radio host. I'm not sure if he ever sleeps.

In Tuesdays with Morrie, Albom recounts the time and conversations he had with his 78 year old college sociology professor, Morrie Schwartz, leading up to his death from ALS. In their Tuesday meetings, they dealt with such topics as Death, Fear, Aging, Greed, Marriage, Family, Society, and Forgiveness. 

While there was a lot of wisdom in this book and some valuable life lessons, it fell flat for me because the most important issues of life and death—God's relationship to man, Heaven, Hell—were skirted around and dealt with in an abstract and philosophical rather than concrete and practical way. This book ultimately left me feeling so sad because this man I'd come to know and love through its pages came to the end of his life grasping at a lot of beautiful philosophies but—if Tuesdays with Morrie is true—ignorant of the Truth. According to Albom in Tuesdays with Morrie, Morrie Schwartz was a "religious mutt" borrowing feely from all religions. Though he determined to meet death with dignity after he was diagnosed with ALS, when he closed his eyes for the last time,  what did he meet? 

I loved this book. I want to spend the last days of my life with dignity, loving my people and laughing a lot. I want to be brave like Morrie. 

But let me be perfectly clear: there is only one Truth and His name is Jesus. He is the only Door to Heaven, and the people who choose not to surrender to Him before death will be eternally separated from Him in a place of eternal torment called Hell. I know that's offensive and alienating and extremely unpopular. Many would call me hateful and narrow-minded for these beliefs. But the most loving thing I know to do is tell the truth. And that's it.

I would recommend Tuesdays with Morrie, but there's a more important Book that has all the answers Morrie didn't. Read that one first. And if you don't have one, please feel free to contact me for a copy. I will put it in the mail today.

Have you read Tuesdays with Morrie? What was one of your favorite lessons from Morrie?