by David Morris | Current Events, Lake Drive Books News
Dear Friend, We are living through an era of extraordinary religious self-absorption. Church life increasingly revolves around personality rather than practice, loyalty rather than love. Congregations fracture not over theology but over allegiance. Leaders are fawned...
by Becky Garrison | Faith Deconstruction, Lake Drive Books News
Dear Friend, My new book, Gaslighting for God, takes a sharp, satirical look at the tactics used by spiritual narcissists and the systems that enable them. In an era when so many people are disentangling from toxic faith environments and searching for healthier...
by David Morris | Faith Deconstruction, Lake Drive Books News
Today, October 14, 2025, is one of those days that reminds me why I started Lake Drive Books—to help readers heal, grow, and discover through honest storytelling. I’m thrilled to announce the release of A Thousand Tiny Paper Cuts: The Subtle, Insidious Nature of...
by David Morris | Lake Drive Books News, Mental Health
As a publisher at Lake Drive Books, I have the privilege of working with authors who don’t just write for the sake of words on a page, but who write to help people heal, grow, and discover. Every so often, I come across a project that feels especially timely, deeply...
by Melissa Duge Spiers | Lake Drive Books News, Trauma Recovery
It is my father’s birthday and there are dark puddles of blood all over my parent’s bed, messy splotches seeping into the petal-pink sheets that my mother pulls and burns and heats flat and smooth before forcing them onto the mattress. They are stretched tight and...
by Melissa Duge Spiers | Lake Drive Books News
Update: This Kickstarter campaign was a success! Sign up to be notified of preorder availability for Holy Disobedience here! I’m Melissa Duge Spiers, and I’m writing to ask for your help bringing my memoir, Holy Disobedience, into the world. Holy Disobedience is my...
