Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall & Denver Moore
Week 3: The Mission and the First Meeting
Read the chapters covering Ron and Deborah's early involvement at the Fort Worth Union Gospel Mission and their first real encounters with Denver (approximately Chapters 13–18).
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Something begins to shift when Ron and Deborah step through the doors of the Mission — not just for the people they serve, but for themselves. Pay attention to what each person is risking in these early chapters.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Deborah's commitment to the Mission goes far deeper than Ron's, at least initially. What does she actually do there — not just donate or observe, but do — that makes it more than charity from a safe distance?
2.Ron describes the discomfort of being at the Mission — the smells, the faces, the stories that don't fit neatly into his world. Have you ever been in a place where you were the outsider, the uncomfortable one? What did you do with that discomfort?
3.When Denver first appears in Ron's story, Ron is wary of him — Denver's size, his silence, his intensity all read as threatening. But Deborah reads him differently almost immediately. What specific thing does Deborah say or do that begins to crack Denver's wall?
a.What does it take to truly disarm someone who has been hurt repeatedly — and who has built walls as thick as Denver's?
b.Is there someone in your life whose walls you sense you need to be patient with, rather than push against?
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