by David Morris | Faith Deconstruction, Spiritual Writing
Do you know those “Bible in a year” reading plans? They map out daily readings, suggesting various parts of the Bible to read all in one day. A little Old Testament, a little Psalms, a little of the Gospels, a little New Testament. So after 365 days, you’ve read the...
by David Morris | Current Events, Faith Deconstruction
Lake Drive Books author Christa Brown recently published a Ms. Magazine article “Southern Baptists Pursue a Mission of Misogyny”. On the eve of the next annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention starting this Sunday, Brown calls out the SBC for...
by Lake Drive Reporter | Current Events, Faith Deconstruction, Lake Drive Books Events, Trauma Recovery
In a recent Zoom conversation, “Celebrating the Power of Truth Telling,” two leading voices in the fight against clergy sexual abuse—Christa Brown, author of Baptistland: A Memoir of Abuse, Betrayal, and Transformation, and Sarah Stankorb, author of...
by Mick Silva | Faith Deconstruction, Spiritual Writing
“There is an enormous number of people, and I am one of them, whose native religion, for better or worse, is Christianity. We were born to it; we began to learn about it before we became conscious; it is, whatever we think of it, an intimate belonging of our being; it...
by Trey Ferguson | Faith Deconstruction, Spiritual Writing
I’ve never needed to read the Bible for me to desire good. If I’d never encountered the Bible, I would still be repulsed by what my ancestors endured on the plantations of the Caribbean and the southern United States. I do not need to visit the canon of...
by Liz Mall | Faith Deconstruction, Spiritual Writing
Why can’t I write worship music? I used to ponder this question over and over in my mind as a songwriter for a record label. I had gained the ability to quickly create songs for advertisements and movies, writing about products and scenarios that had nothing to...
