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The Critical Journey is a guide to the spiritual life as a living, unfolding path. Hagberg and Guelich describe the stages of faith, the transitions that move us forward, and the crises that can leave us stuck—including the Wall, that demanding place where old assumptions fall away and a deeper…

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Long ago I encountered Fowler's faith stages with mixed recognition and skepticism. Hagberg and Guelich's model is considerably better, I believe. Though I don't buy into all of it (I believe Fowler's early stages do better with children raised in a faith, Hagberg and Guelich's with those who come to faith later), it greatly helps me make some sense of my journey with God these days and gives me a glimmer of how to walk it.

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