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Upcoming Events
I’m honored to share that I’ll be speaking at the 2025 Contemplative Summit — a free online gathering bringing together over 40 wisdom teachers from across contemplative traditions. From September 25–28, thousands of us from around the globe will be exploring this year’s theme: The Spacious Heart: Holding Suffering with Love
We’ll be joined by amazing spiritual teachers like Kathleen Norris and Parker Palmer, among many others and wrestle with important questions of faith like How do we stay tender when the world feels hard?, Where does the contemplative path meet the cry for justice?, and How might we make space in our hearts for joy and grief, for awe and uncertainty?
In addition to powerful talks, you’ll be able to join live practice sessions, daily small groups, and even explore spiritual direction in a safe, supportive space.
It’s 4 days to breathe, listen deeply, and widen your heart — in community with thousands of others seeking to live awake and connected.
I hope you’ll join us. You can reserve your free spot here: https://school.spiritualwanderlust.org/a/2148152631/o26tugDU
November 6, 2025
The White Squirrel Brewery
Book Launch and Author Reading
302 State Street
Bowling Green, Kentucky
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Media
From the beloved author of “Horses Speak of God” comes a warm and inspiring guide to the life lessons we can learn from horses. Order your copy - https://bit.ly/3hEpj98
Laurie was interviewed by Donna Sager Cowan for her popular web series, The Writer’s Parachute.
This is what happens when a writer, preacher, and lover of words encounters some of creation’s wisest theologians…horses. First, she argues with them. They are, after all, horses. What could they possibly know about life and God that theologians haven’t already written? But slowly she engages their language and listens to their holy wisdom, attending to how they express their being, their actions, and their relationships. She allows horses to draw her out of the faith of intellect and into a deeper faith of emotion, body, and soul. With edgy honesty and humor, Brock invites all who have longed for a deeper spiritual encounter with God to join her in the saddle (and occasionally on the ground) to discover how horses speak of God and how their ways of knowing help us to discover ways of God speaking to us.
Hear Bishop of East Tennessee, Brian Cole in conversation with Rev. Laurie Brock.