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...
When the things you’ve believed your whole life no longer feel solid, it can be unsettling. Fear and isolation can set in, especially when the people around you don’t understand your questions, or worse, shame you for them. Lauren Cibene grew up in the...
My brother told me he was an atheist at the start of a car ride. He opened up the conversation as if he were coming clean. “I want to have faith,” he said. “I really do. But I have to be honest and say I don’t.” At first I was taken aback. I knew my brother wasn’t...
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...
“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...
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...
