Discussion Questions for “Faith Seeking Understanding”

“The goal of my life is to live with God forever.” How would your life change if you lived every day with the goal of living with God forever?

The experience of losing her beloved older sister set Rosamund on a path to faith. That same experience set her parents on a path to cruelty and alcoholism. Why do you think Rosamund’s reaction to Cecily’s death was so different from her parents’? Does suffering have a redemptive value?

How did Anne change (or not change) over the course of the novella?

What did you think of Rosamund’s relationship with Fogarty? Was it healthy? Unhealthy? Why or why not?

There are lots of mothers and sons/daughters in “Faith Seeking Understanding.” How do Rosamund and her mother interact? Jen and her mother? Tommy and his mother and father? How have these parents contributed (or not contributed) to their children’s spiritual growth?

What surprised you the most about “Faith Seeking Understanding?”

What do you think Rosamund’s doubts were?