Hope Cafe

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July 22:   The Power of Half by Kevin and Hannah Salwen

Kevin Salwen was a reporter for the Wall Street Journal and founded the magazine Motto. Hannah is his idealistic 15 year-old daughter. The Power of Half: One Family’s Decision to Stop Taking and Start Giving Back is the inspiring story of what happened when Hannah convinced her family to sell their Atlanta home and give half the money to charity.

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August 26: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

“On September 18, 2007, computer science professor Randy Pausch stepped in front of an audience of 400 people at Carnegie Mellon University to deliver a last lecture called “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.” With slides of his CT scans beaming out to the audience, Randy told his audience about the cancer that is devouring his pancreas and that will claim his life in a matter of months. On the stage that day, Randy was youthful, energetic, handsome, often cheerfully, darkly funny. He seemed invincible. But this was a brief moment, as he himself acknowledged.

Randy’s lecture has become a phenomenon, as has the book he wrote based on the same principles, celebrating the dreams we all strive to make realities. Sadly, Randy lost his battle to pancreatic cancer on July 25th, 2008, but his legacy will continue to inspire us all, for generations to come.” thelastlecture.com Discussion Questions