Author Paul Martin’s New Audiobook, “Blessed Memorial: Imaginings from Lectio Divina,” Follows One Man’s Journey to Discover the Power of Connection and Faith – PR.com

Mentor,
OH,
January
15,
2025
–(PR.com)– Paul
Martin,
a
loving
husband,
father,
and
grandfather,
has
completed
his
new
audiobook,
“Blessed
Memorial:
Imaginings
from
Lectio
Divina”:
follows
one
man
who,
after
purchasing
a
pack
of
juvenile-arrest
booking
cards
at
a
flea
market,
meets
the
young
people
years
later
as
adults
and
discovers
their
individual
life
stories.

After
graduating
from
Case
Western
Reserve
as
an
English
major,
author
Paul
Martin
spent
the
last
forty-four
years
fixing
bicycles,
making
violins,
restoring
furniture,
assisting
patients
as
a
nurse’s
aide,
writing
hospice
life
journals,
and
collecting
stories.
As
a
Third
Order
Franciscan,
he
has
used
the
Lectio
Divina
and
Ignatian
meditation
to
listen
to
God.
Married
for
over
forty
years,
he
and
his
wife
have
two
grown
children
and
three
grandchildren.

“At
a
flea
market
one
Saturday
morning,
Thomas
Strongtree,
a
retired
woodworker,
buys
a
pack
of
police-arrest
fingerprint
cards
and
mug
shots
for
teenagers
detained
during
the
1970s,
’80s,
and
’90s,”
writes
Martin.
“As
a
man
who
always
followed
the
rules
and
now
battles
creeping
regret
in
his
later
years,
Strongtree
wonders
how
their
lives
may
have
differed
from
his
own.
The
‘youthful
offenders’
would
now
be
adults,
and
he
wants
to
meet
them.

“A
lawyer
warns
Strongtree
the
project
could
be
dangerous.
‘If
one
of
those
guys
turns
out
to
be
a
judge
or
a
minister,
you’d
be
looking
at
a
world
of
hurt
for
the
rest
of
your
life.’

“Strongtree
does
it
anyway,
and
as
he
talks
to
the
young
people,
now
adults,
he
hears
life
stories
that
echo
and
expand
upon
the
great
parables
of
the
Bible.
When
his
activities
threaten
to
drop
him
into
a
legal
hornet’s
nest,
he
uses
knowledge
gleaned
from
a
wise
police
patrolman
who
resembles
the
Bible’s
rich
young
man
and
touched
all
of
the
young
people’s
lives.

“From
a
meeting
with
a
school
superintendent
in
New
Jersey
to
an
unforgettable
conversation
one
afternoon
and
evening
on
Lake
Chautauqua
to
an
encounter
with
an
eighty-one-year-old
woman
aerospace
engineer,
this
book
will
leave
readers
reflecting
on
their
own
struggles,
triumphs,
regrets,
and
joys
as
they
journey
alongside
Strongtree
on
his
exceptional
quest.”

Published
by
Audiobook
Network,
author
Paul
Martin’s
new
audiobook
is
a
compelling
account
that
explores
the
profound
connection
shared
between
even
complete
strangers,
regardless
of
their
background
and
history.
Character-driven
and
emotionally
stirring,
“Blessed
Memorial”
is
sure
to
resonate
with
listeners
from
all
walks
of
life,
leaving
a
lasting
impression
long
after
the
final
chapter.

Listeners
can
purchase
the
audiobook
edition
of
“Blessed
Memorial:
Imaginings
from
Lectio
Divina”
by
Paul
Martin
through
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the
Apple
iTunes
store,
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