Publisher's Synopsis
Embrace the Sacred Journey of Caring for Your Soul
Take time to reflect, journal, and contemplate the Divine with this companion workbook to Soul Care in African American Practice as your guide. Prayers, spiritual direction, soul care, and much more are interwoven into this workbook to aid in your process of transformative empowerment.
If you are yearning to go deeper, this workbook will help you reflect on the thought-provoking questions in each chapter that cover the life of ten African American leaders. Let it guide your spiritual practice to grow and draw the utmost truth from your soul and mind.
*Bonus Section: Black Lives Matter Soul Care
These tumultuous times call us to have a greater commitment to caring for our very souls. In this section, we reflect on and honor the life of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd and offer a special prayer to a hero of the Civil Rights Movement, John Robert Lewis.
PRAISE FOR SOUL CARE IN AFRICAN AMERICAN PRACTICE
2021 Christianity Today Award of Merit (Tie) - Spiritual Formation
"A must-read for anyone interested in developing a more holistic daily spiritual practice. Reverend Peacock expertly demonstrates how spiritual direction and soul care are at the root of African American theological practices and their application for everyday life."
-- NADIA E. BROWN, author of Sisters in the Statehouse: Black Women and Legislative Decision Making
"Gentle teaching on soul care topics and suggestions for practicing them, while introducing the reader to some incredible heroes of the faith, combine to create a truly transformational text."
--STEPHEN A. MACCHIA, author of Crafting a Rule of Life and Broken and Whole
"With rich historical context and practical application for the future, Dr. Peacock does a marvelous job of contextualizing spiritual practices to transform lives."
--NICOLE MARTIN, director of US Ministry for the American Bible Society
