by David Morris | Faith Deconstruction, Spiritual Writing
The song “Nothing But Flowers” by the Talking Heads casts a post-something (post-apocalyptic? post-modern? post-evangelical?) vision where once there was a factory, and now there are mountains and rivers. Or once there was a parking lot, and now it’s covered with...
by David Morris | Faith Deconstruction, Spiritual Writing
As I write, it’s just three days away from December 25—Christmas. I must say, my thoughts are shifting away from work. My feelings of hope and love are bubbling up, even though it can also be a difficult time. Maybe it’s just religious conditioning, but I feel...
by David Morris | Faith Deconstruction, Identity, Lake Drive Books News
Friends of Lake Drive Books, So many of us are experiencing social and spiritual turbulence in our lives. So much has changed, and our institutions, however you might define them, haven’t always kept up. The result is that we’re not as connected. We feel we’re in a...
by David Morris | Faith Deconstruction, Lake Drive Books News, Publishing
It was good recently to see that the publishing industry’s flagship trade magazine, Publisher’s Weekly, offered a brief but significant story on books about faith deconstruction. This term or phrase is new for so many and may appear to some as nothing more...
by David Morris | Faith Deconstruction, Mental Health
Friends, I first heard about this amazing book through a pitch on Twitter. Twitter! The Pitch Wars or #PitMad idea was that authors pitch their book in 280 characters or less, and editors and agents looking for new books would “like” the post. Then, the author would...
by David Morris | Faith Deconstruction
I’m one of those people that went to get a PhD in religion just to make sense of my religious upbringing. Well, it was more, and I learned so much, while also hoping to get a job in academia, or counseling, or both. That plan didn’t work out. Instead, I...
