Openings Leader Guide 2/E
Move closer to God one day at a time by reading the Psalms and practicing prayer in ways you may not have imagined before.
This is a prayer book for every day of the year for people who don't usually think about using a prayer book. Drawing on a wide variety of resources—lives of saints and sages from every age, psalms, guides for personal reflection and suggestions for practice—Rev. Larry J. Peacock offers helpful guidance for anyone hungry for a richer practice. This Leader Guide includes:
- One- and Two-Day Retreats
- Classes on Prayer Practice and Writing Prayers
- Family Prayer Workshop
- Group Discernment Practice
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Book details
- Author
- Larry Peacock
- Imprint
- SkyLight Paths, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Religion › Christianity › Saints & Sainthood
Religion › Christian Living › Prayer
Religion › Prayer - Topics
- prayer · psalms · saints and sages · daily devotional · spiritual retreat · group prayer · personal reflection · Christian spirituality
- ISBN-13
- 9781594735721 (Paperback)9781683365679 (Hardcover)
About the author
REV. LARRY J. PEACOCK is a retired United Methodist pastor and trained spiritual director who serves as director of the Franciscan Spiritual Center in Milwaukie, Oregon. His books include Openings: A Daybook of Saints, Sages, Psalms, and Prayer Practices, the Openings Leader Guide, and The Living Nativity: Preparing for Christmas with Saint Francis.
Peacock completed The Upper Room Two-Year Academy for Spiritual Formation and has served on the faculty for Five-Day and Two-Year Academies across the United States. He previously served for eleven years as executive director of Rolling Ridge Retreat and Conference Center in North Andover, Massachusetts.
When not writing, Peacock serves churches and retreat communities, having ministered in Manchester, England; Michigan; and California. This grounding in parish and contemplative life runs throughout his work on prayer and spiritual practice.
Larry lives in Portland, Oregon.