Discuss the youth group's virtues as well as its dangers. For some, the youth group is a Christian sanctuary of "honesty, confrontation, and unconditional love" (page 32) yet even Rick Ambrose worries that Crossroads is "just an intense kind of psychological experiment could just as easily end up hurting people as liberating them" (page 74). Do you think he sees himself as a martyr of forces beyond his control or a victim of his own misdeeds? What are Russ's solutions for turning his life around? How do you view his plight?Ĭrossroads is a powerful force in the New Prospect community, inspiring both devotion and skepticism. Discuss Russ's outlook at the beginning of Crossroads. When we first meet Russ Hildebrandt, he's a pastor "starved in spirit" (page 17) who's desperate for a change in his professional, personal, and spiritual life. In what ways are the Hildebrandts good toward one another? In what ways are they deceitful or manipulative? If you had to identify a crucial hitch-or "barrier" (page 26), as Rick Ambrose might call it-that hinders their relationship, what would it be? The Hildebrandts share a complicated bond of compassion and conflict, honesty and infidelity.
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