In This Moment

In This Moment is set in three very different eras, 1861, 1941, and 2001. If you had to pick one of these eras to live in, which would it be and why?

Did anything surprise you about the history in Washington, DC in 1861? Or 1941?

How did you feel about reading a story that deals with 9/11? Did it help you to better identify with Maggie’s character, since you lived through it, as well? Did it make the other events she experienced in 1861 and 1941 feel more real?

At the beginning of the story, Maggie loves each of her paths equally and doesn’t know which one she will choose. Before the story got underway, and you were introduced to each of her lives, which one did you think she would choose? Why?

Which one would you have chosen? Why?

Maggie has different modes of transportation, communication, and cleanliness standards in each path. If you lived in the past, what modern conveniences would you miss?

In each path, Maggie knows prominent people from history, like Abraham Lincoln. If you could meet anyone in history, who would you want to meet and why?

What do you think would be the hardest part of a time-crosser’s life?

When Maggie is asked to go to Pearl Harbor, she struggles to make her decision. If you knew a catastrophic event was on the horizon, would you agree to go?

As the story progresses, Maggie is unsure which path to choose, and she doesn’t sense God’s direction. Have you been in a situation when you had to decide and there was no right or wrong direction?

What do you think Maggie should have based her choice on? Love? Career? Family?

Ultimately, one of Maggie’s lives is taken from her and she’s left to choose between 1861 and 1941. Were you happy with her choice? Why or why not?