Friends, I’ve worked for decades in the corporate publishing world on a lot of great books (and maybe some not so great to be honest), but I can tell you that these books from the last two years of Lake Drive Books have been some of the most gratifying publishing I’ve...
Something fascinating is going on with Christa Brown’s memoir Baptistland. I’ve been in book publishing for almost thirty years, a career that allowed me to see many sides of the publishing business. My last corporate role was as vice president and publisher of a...
Spiritual abuse refers to the misuse of spiritual authority, beliefs, or practices to manipulate, control, or harm others. It can occur within religious, spiritual, or faith-based contexts and often involves leaders or members exerting power over individuals in ways...
In celebration of Marla Taviano’s whole: poems on reclaiming the pieces of ourselves and creating something new, we thought we’d offer a poem that is perhaps a good starting point of the whole idea in whole: finally and deservedly realizing you have to...
As a kid, I wanted to slither outside my skin, to become invisible. But now, I’ve put my skin onto a book cover. Baptistland: A Memoir of Abuse, Betrayal, and Transformation. It’s coming May 7 from Lake Drive Books. It’s an intimate and vulnerable story, revealing and...
Trey is not only pushing us toward bigger theologies that can hold the totality of who we are. He is calling for us to embrace better theologies—theologies that fully honor our humanity and the God who fashioned us as good creation. —Candice Marie Benbow, author...