Four Books to Read this Pride Month
Lake Drive’s Pride Month Reading List Every June, Pride Month gives us an opportunity to celebrate and expand our…
Black on My Own Time, Woke on My Own Dime
Tamice Spencer-Helms, nonprofit leader and public theologian, once gave themself wholly to white Christian ministry,…
Lake Drive Books Welcomes Sex Therapist Natasha Helfer Who Was Expelled from the LDS Church
Dear Friend of Lake Drive, One of the recurring themes running through many of the books we publish is the way religion in…
Pop Quiz! Are You a Spiritual Narcissist?
Enjoy this excerpt from Becky Garrison’s book, “Gaslighting for God: A Satirical Guide to Save Yourself from Spiritual…
Survivors Speak Video: Leaving, Healing, and Reclaiming Life After Religious Trauma
A conversation with survivor-advocates and authors Melissa Duge Spiers and Katherine Spearing Dear Friend of Lake…
Why Evangelicals Want to Rewrite the American Narrative
God Is Not Mentioned in the Constitution. Its Founders Did Not Intend a Christian Republic. Kinda goes without saying,…
Go Where the Big Publishers Don’t Show Up (shrug emoji)
A dispatch from the Festival of Faith and Writing, and questions about the absence of the big 5 Christian publishers. Amen?…
Compassion Practices to Ground and Restore You in New Book from Frank Rogers
Compassion in Practice: The Way of Jesus by Frank Rogers Jr. Compassion may seem as though it is in short supply these…
Holy Disobedience and the Beautiful Mess of Becoming Whole
I’m pleased to announce that Holy Disobedience: Sex, Sin, and Secrets in the Biggest Church No One Knows by Melissa Duge…
A Celebration of Books and Authors
Dear Book Friend, Because you follow this newsletter (thank you), I’m sure you must love books. What’s more, I bet you’d…
Lake Drive Books Signs Gothard Survivor and Trauma Recovery Advocate Emily Elizabeth Anderson
Friends, I’m delighted to announce that Lake Drive Books editor Stephanie Eagleson has signed survivor, advocate, and abuse…
Lake Drive Books Re-Signs Public Theologian Trey Ferguson
When you work in publishing long enough, you learn to recognize the difference between a book that fills a slot on a list…
Obedience to Male Authority Is Obedience to God?
My first life ended with an assault on a dark dirt road near the old Addison airport north of Dallas. There were many more…
Lake Drive Books Signs Dr. David P. Gushee for a New Collection
I’m grateful to announce that Lake Drive Books has signed internationally known Christian ethicist Dr. David P. Gushee for…
Now on Sale: Gaslighting for God — Naming the Spiritual Narcissism of Our Moment
Dear Friend, We are living through an era of extraordinary religious self-absorption. Church life increasingly revolves…
Why I Left Christian Republicanism—But Never Gave Up on Love
I grew up as an indoctrinated Republican who believed with my whole (bless my) heart that Republicans were the true…
Why Feeling More Emotional Pain Doesn’t Mean You’re Going Backward
Where would we be without Novocain? Stick with me on this. Can you imagine getting a cavity filled—or worse, a root…
Becky Garrison’s Gaslighting for God Releases Soon—Want to Be the First to Read It?
Dear Friend, My new book, Gaslighting for God, takes a sharp, satirical look at the tactics used by spiritual narcissists…
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