{"id":2175,"date":"2018-05-01T10:34:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T14:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/?p=2175"},"modified":"2018-05-01T10:34:28","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T14:34:28","slug":"kentucky-author-laurie-brock-reveals-how-her-love-of-horses-led-her-to-a-deeper-love-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/kentucky-author-laurie-brock-reveals-how-her-love-of-horses-led-her-to-a-deeper-love-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky author Laurie Brock reveals how her love of horses led her to a deeper love of God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 30, 2018 \u2014Just in time for Derby Day, Episcopal priest Laurie Brock of Lexington, Kentucky releases <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paracletepress.com\/Products\/9293\/horses-speak-of-god.aspx\"><strong><em>Horses Speak of God: How Horses Can Teach Us to Listen and Be Transformed<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (Paraclete Press \u2022 ISBN 978-1-61261-929-3 \u2022 146 pp \u2022 Trade paper \u2022 $16.99).<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paracletepress.com\/Products\/9293\/horses-speak-of-god.aspx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2177 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Horses-Speak-of-God-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Horses-Speak-of-God-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Horses-Speak-of-God-97x150.jpg 97w, https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Horses-Speak-of-God.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paracletepress.com\/Products\/9293\/horses-speak-of-god.aspx\">Horses Speak of God<\/a><\/em> speaks to the struggles many people have today with the institutional church. An unusual message coming from a clergy-author, this book will likely appeal most to those who feel they have connected with God on a deep level outside of church, through everyday pastimes, or in emotional moments. For Brock, this happened through her experiences with horses.<\/p>\n<p>With edgy honesty and humor, Brock invites all who have longed for a deeper encounter with God to join her in the saddle (and occasionally on the ground) to discover how horses\u2019 ways of knowing can help humans discover God speaking to us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a beautifully written meditation on belief, the holy, and the healing power of horses.\u00a0This profound book not only helped me to see the magic of animals in our everyday lives but also allowed me a better understanding of my own faith journey.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2013<strong>Silas House<\/strong>, author of\u00a0<em>Southernmost<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2176\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/laurie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/laurie.jpg 199w, https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/laurie-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/>Laurie M. Brock, a former attorney, is an Episcopal priest serving St. Michael the Archangel in Lexington, Kentucky. She volunteers as a crisis chaplain with the Lexington Police Department, blogs at revlauriebrock.com, and frequently leads retreats for ecumenical and interfaith gatherings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 30, 2018 \u2014Just in time for Derby Day, Episcopal priest Laurie Brock of Lexington, Kentucky releases Horses Speak of God: How Horses Can Teach Us to Listen and Be Transformed (Paraclete Press \u2022 ISBN 978-1-61261-929-3 \u2022 146 pp \u2022 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/kentucky-author-laurie-brock-reveals-how-her-love-of-horses-led-her-to-a-deeper-love-of-god\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paraclete-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}