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...
by Marla Taviano | Faith Deconstruction, Identity, Spiritual Writing
There’s this show I adore called Schitt’s Creek. It got me through a pandemic, repatriation, a breast cancer scare, and an unexpected divorce in 2020. I still watch it every night before bed to help me fall asleep. In episode six of season three of the show, two...
by David Morris | Faith Deconstruction, Identity, Lake Drive Books News, Spiritual Writing
It’s one of the biggest questions surrounding religion: do you believe in a higher being, do you believe in God? The question about belief seems to be the primary way we like to talk about religion and faith. You might even say that it’s the only religious...
by David Morris | Identity, Lake Drive Books News, Spiritual Writing
On Tuesday, August 1, 2023, Authors Shannon Evans and Julia Rocchi Talked about What We Do with Our Faith at Midlife Julia Rocchi, author of Amen? Questions for a God I Hope Exists, was turning 40 in July … and having a midlife crisis of faith. To help navigate this...
by David Morris | Lake Drive Books News, Spiritual Writing
Two Lake Drive Books titles recieved mention in a recent Publishers Weekly article “Life Stories and Spiritual Journeys.” “Coming [soon] from Lake Drive, Cradled in the Arms of Compassion: A Spiritual Journey from Trauma to Recovery by theologian and...