{"id":1868,"date":"2016-11-05T11:08:19","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T15:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/?p=1868"},"modified":"2016-12-20T13:26:44","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T18:26:44","slug":"a-spiritual-odyssey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/a-spiritual-odyssey\/","title":{"rendered":"A Spiritual Odyssey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paracletepress.com\/Products\/7848\/a-path-revealed.aspx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1869\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Path-Revealed-e-mail-header-1.jpg\" alt=\"path-revealed-e-mail-header-1\" width=\"730\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Path-Revealed-e-mail-header-1.jpg 730w, https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Path-Revealed-e-mail-header-1-150x77.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Path-Revealed-e-mail-header-1-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Path-Revealed-e-mail-header-1-500x257.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a>Just days after turning fifty, Martha Maddux is told she has Alzheimer&#8217;s disease. As Martha and Carlen navigate this new alien world, their faith is challenged and they experience spiritual transformation\u00a0\u2013 the \u201cjourney from a conventional faith to a stunningly real relationship with God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>A Path Revealed<\/em> is a deep spiritual memoir. As Carlen seeks healing for his wife, he encounters God in a new way and finds growth and healing for himself. For anyone coping with a crisis, this book tells the story of finding a spiritual path through the darkest of hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou or a loved one may be staring your own crisis \u2013 cancer, stroke, job loss, diabetes, heart attack, home foreclosure \u2013 you name it. Regardless of the crisis, the potential for emotional and psychological upheaval is much the same .\u00a0. . but this is not a story about hopelessness. Rather, our story traces a different path.\u201d\u00a0<strong>\u2014 Carlen Maddux<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reader who travels with Carlen into the mysterious depths of human life, human tragedy, and human relationships will be led to reflect, to ponder, and to expand. \u00a0. \u00a0. \u00a0. I urge [you] to move into the maze and the mystery that is Carlen\u2019s story, which may also lead you into deeper reflection on the maze and mystery of your own story.\u201d \u2014 Rev. Dr. Arthur Ross III, from the Foreword<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just days after turning fifty, Martha Maddux is told she has Alzheimer&#8217;s disease. 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