Psalms: An Invitation to Prayer (Six Weeks with the Bible)
I've sat through too many graduate seminars in my life to work up much enthusiasm for discussing literature with groups of other people (unless I'm hired to be the teacher). I shun book clubs, even though I have friends who swear by them. If someone asked me to join a Bible study group, I'd say no. But if anything could change my mind about a Scripture round table with near strangers after work, it might be Loyola Press's new "Catholic Perspectives" study-guide series, "a guided tour to the Bible for busy people."  To launch the series, author Kevin Perrotta, a veteran Catholic journalist, and the editors focus on 12 Psalms....Loyola promises us four of these volumes a year, each guiding "groups or individuals" through a book or two of the Bible in six weeks, with questions before and after each reading that relate the text to the readers' lives ("How are you like Jonah?").  --From Beliefnet