Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall & Denver Moore
Week 4: The Diagnosis — When Everything Changes
Read the chapters covering Deborah's cancer diagnosis and its immediate aftermath (approximately Chapters 19–25).
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Discussion Questions
8 questions1.How does Deborah receive the news of her cancer diagnosis? What does her initial response reveal about the quality of her faith — not its perfection, but its substance?
2.Ron's world collapses with the diagnosis in a way that is very different from Deborah's response. How does he describe his fear, his anger, or his sense of helplessness? What does this reveal about how Ron relates to God at this point in the story?
3.Deborah makes a specific, urgent request of Ron during this season: she asks him to continue building the friendship with Denver — not just after she is gone, but now, while she is fighting. Why does this request matter so much to her? What does it say about what she believes is happening between Ron and Denver?
a.Have you ever received a 'charge' from someone you loved — a mission or commitment they asked you to carry? What did it cost you to honor it?
b.Why do you think Deborah chose this particular mission for Ron, rather than something else?
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