by Trey Ferguson | Faith Deconstruction, Spiritual Writing
I’ve never needed to read the Bible for me to desire good. If I’d never encountered the Bible, I would still be repulsed by what my ancestors endured on the plantations of the Caribbean and the southern United States. I do not need to visit the canon of...
by Brandon Flanery | Identity, Spiritual Writing
I’m out in the mountains … again. No Cheryl Strayed agenda. I gave up on that. Seems like God prefers talking to me through panic attacks and people. “You coming, Brandon?” a camper calls. “Nah. I need a moment.” I’m sitting on a massive rock, on the edge of an...
by Liz Mall | Faith Deconstruction, Spiritual Writing
Why can’t I write worship music? I used to ponder this question over and over in my mind as a songwriter for a record label. I had gained the ability to quickly create songs for advertisements and movies, writing about products and scenarios that had nothing to...
by David Morris | Lake Drive Books News, Spiritual Writing
Friends of Lake Drive Books, When it comes to religion and spirituality, one of the things I think about a lot is the question of whether we need to believe in a theistic, supernatural being to be spiritual beings ourselves. The idea that religion, above all, means...
by Frank Rogers | Mental Health, Spiritual Writing
Author’s Note: “You were like this once. What did you do to get better?” A day after leaving a mental institution, my sister, devastated by flashbacks from childhood sexual abuse, posed this question to me. Within a few weeks, she took her own life. I wrote a book to...
by David Morris | Mental Health, Spiritual Writing
Friends of Lake Drive Books, As I was editing Frank Rogers’s Cradled in the Arms of Compassion, I couldn’t help but think that never before had I heard a personal experience quite like this. Early in this book, you are drawn into storytelling about...
