The Beginning of a Miracle

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Rebecca and Jay Madden

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Breathless Haste

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Have you faced profound loss, received devastating news, navigated career changes, or encountered financial hardships? Have you questioned your faith in God during these times? Where have you sought hope and direction? Have you wondered how to find God in the midst of it all?

When the Madden family tragically lost their firstborn son in infancy, they embarked on a journey to discover God amidst their grief and continued to seek His presence thereafter. In Breathless Haste: Finding God in Ordinary Life, they share thirty diverse stories of encountering God in everyday moments - from the mundane to the miraculous: in sorrow, at a McDonalds, through music, poetry, a cassette tape, creation, a scrapbook, an old digital clock, a bankruptcy case and beyond. Each story bears witness to a living God actively involved in their lives, offering a profound testimony that the modern world desperately needs.

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With over twenty-five years of ministry experience in churches in South Carolina, Chicago, and Atlanta, Jay and Rebecca Madden have dedicated themselves to guiding others on their spiritual journey in churches, neighborhoods, and groups. They currently serve at one of the largest Presbyterian churches in the United States, with Jay as Executive Pastor and Rebecca as Women’s Ministry Director. Their ministry is to inspire and empower others to awaken their own heart, mind, and soul to encounter an extraordinary God in their ordinary life.

When they aren’t working, they enjoy spending time with their daughter and son-in-law, Neale and Robert, who live in Atlanta, and they love visiting their son, William, who works in Costa Rica. They venture to Clemson football games, and they take long walks at the river with their beloved black labrador, Ranger, and they love to read – especially on the beach.

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The Beginning of a Miracle

Here Rebecca describes the heartache of her daughter's heart diagnosis before birth - just a couple years after her son had died after heart surgery. The story continues with her birth in Michigan and then the incredible miraculous news that they received shortly after her birth. Jay was able to be a father again,

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Breathless Haste

This could not be happening to us again.

The surgical options the doctor presented were not good. The hypoplastic left heart defect would require either a heart transplant shortly after Neale’s birth or a fairly new sequence of surgeries called the Norwood procedure, which would entail three operations before she was eighteen months old. Neale’s left heart defect and surgical options were far worse than what we faced with Brock’s right heart defect. Jay and I were devastated. We agreed that we didn’t know if we had the courage to face one heart surgery, much less three operations. Somehow, we managed to keep going—we didn’t have a lot of other options. It was the beginning of Father’s Day weekend. Would Jay ever be a father again?
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Rebecca and Jay Madden

Breathless Haste

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Breathless Haste

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