Nearing a Far God: Praying the Psalms with Our Whole Selves (audio)
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Overview
Experience Transformation When You Pray the Psalms with Your Whole Self Feeling hopeless? Lonely? Anxious? Do you want to experience the presence and love of God through every joy and struggle of life? Do you long to enrich your prayer life and grow your relationship with God? The Psalms will guide you into fresh encounters and a lasting deeper attachment to God. You may have read or studied the Psalms. In Nearing a Far God: Praying the Psalms with Our Whole Selves, you’ll experience the Psalms in fresh, personal, and life-changing ways: Discover how the Psalms can draw you into dialogue with God no matter your pain, struggle, or doubt Practice transformative writing and prayer exercises that engage and impact the whole brain and the whole self Reclaim ancient practices of movement and bodily postures to heighten your worship and deepen attachment to God Masterful teacher and award-winning author Leslie Leyland Fields has helped thousands of God-seekers around the world experience spiritual breakthroughs by expressing their life stories through the lens of Scripture. Whether you read and practice Nearing a Far God on your own, with a local group, or with a cohort organized by Fields, you too can experience profound change, hope, and the always near presence of a loving God. LESLIE LEYLAND FIELDS is a multi-award winning writer, editor, and international speaker who lives on two islands in Alaska. She has written/edited 14 nonfiction books of memoir and essays on a variety of subjects, including memoir writing, the spirituality of food, forgiveness, wilderness, discipleship and parenting. Her books have been translated into 9 languages. Leslie has traveled all over the world, both as a seeker and as a speaker, including treks across the Sahara, through Asia, Europe and Central America. She has spoken and taught in numerous countries including Mongolia, South Africa, France, Slovakia, In 2013, she began the Harvester Island Writers’ Workshop, a week long writing workshop and retreat at a beautiful wilderness island in Alaska. Guests have included Ann Voskamp, Philip Yancey, Scot McKnight, Bret Lott, Luci Shaw, Jeanne Murray Walker and others. Summers, she also leads Your Story Matters Retreats and Psalm Retreats in Kodiak. Leslie has written for many publications including The Atlantic, Orion, Books and Culture, Beliefnet, Christianity Today earning her a number of EPA awards. She has three graduate degrees, in Creative Nonfiction, English and Journalism. Leslie taught for many years in both undergraduate and graduate programs through Seattle Pacific University and the University of Alaska. She has served as a guest writer and writer-in residence at many colleges throughout the country. She continues to teach through live classes and retreats as well as through live online classes, including her Memoir Masterclass, with more than 1000 writers from around the world. Leslie and her husband Duncan have 6 children, a daughter and 5 sons ranging from ages 35 - 21. She blogs at leslieleylandfields.com.
- Title: Nearing a Far God: Praying the Psalms with Our Whole Selves (audio)
- Author: Leslie Leyland Fields
- Publisher: NavPress
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Era: era:modern
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Audio
- Subjects: Religion › Christian Living--Professional Growth; Religion › Christian Living--Spiritual Growth; Religion › Christian Living--Personal Growth
- ISBNs: 9781641589239, 164158923X
- Resource ID: LLS:9781641589239
- Resource Type: Media
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-02-01T20:12:08Z
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