Marriage:  What should two people know about each other before marriage?  How much say should parents have in whom their child marries?  How has the woman’s role in a marriage changed since Shakespeare’s time?  What do you think are the ingredients of a happy marriage?  What “tests” do you think the person you marry will have to pass?

 

Loss:  What are some of the losses most of us experience?  How do people cope with loss?  What are some reasons for loss of religious faith? 

 

Mercy and Justice:  What is mercy?  Who deserves mercy?  When have you ever shown mercy to someone else?  What is justice?  Can there be justice without mercy

 

 

Rate the following on a scale of 1 – 3 to indicate how much you believe in each statement.  1=not very much, 2=a little, 3=you believe in this a great deal

 

You should never break your word.

Men don’t like assertive women.

Forgive and forget.

An eye for an eye.

We are all products of our environment.