Plot Synopsis

Based on the book by Mitch Albom. Mitch Albom has a pretty great life. He lives in Detroit and is happily married; he's an award-winning sportswriter, best-selling author, a screenwriter, and a radio and television broadcaster. Then two men come into his life, and he realizes something's missing. The two men are Rabbi Albert Lewis, who presides over a thriving synagogue in a comfortable New Jersey suburb, and pastor Henry Covington, a recovering drug user and dealer, who preaches to the poor and homeless in a crumbling Detroit inner-city church. Moving between their worlds -- Christian and Jewish, African-American and white, impoverished and privileged -- he witnesses first-hand how these two very different men -- the feisty, funny rabbi and the intrepid inner-city pastor -- not only live life, but celebrate life. What do rabbi and reverend have in common? Albom comes to realize they both take profound comfort in believing that there's a divine spark in all of us, and that one person -- or in this case, two persons -- can make a big difference in others' lives, as long as they have a little faith.