by David Morris | Faith Deconstruction, Lake Drive Books Events
Back in 2010, Becky Garrison published Jesus Died for This?, a satirical deep dive into the bloated, bedazzled body of American Christianity. The subtitle—A Satirist’s Search for the Risen Christ—wasn’t just clever marketing; it was Garrison’s last-ditch spiritual GPS...
by Lake Drive Reporter | Lake Drive Books Events, Mental Health, Trauma Recovery
Trauma leaves indelible marks on the soul, but as Caroline Beidler and her mother, Diana Dalles, illustrate in their powerful book You Are Not Your Trauma: Uproot Unhealthy Patterns, Heal the Family Tree, those marks don’t have to define us. In a candid video...
by Lake Drive Reporter | Lake Drive Books Events, Spiritual Writing
Lake Drive Books is no stranger to helping authors write about difficult topics. We were honored to be able to present the below live video conversation (including Lake Drive author Caroline Beidler). “We Can Write About Hard Things” brought together five...
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 David Morris | Lake Drive Books Events, Spiritual Writing
Here’s my takeaway from the 2024 Festival of Faith and Writing. The Calvin Center for Faith and Writing offers this biannual conference celebrating spiritual writing. Occurring in April at Calvin University, Grand Rapids, MI, there is always a literary and...
by David Morris | Lake Drive Books Events, Lake Drive Books News
We’re all on a journey of faith, religion, and spirituality, but if you’ve deconstructed Christianity, that journey of yours might not go so well with family and friends, especially during the holiday season. The holidays bring traditions, church services,...
