by David Morris | Faith Deconstruction, Spiritual Writing
The song “Nothing But Flowers” by the Talking Heads casts a post-something (post-apocalyptic? post-modern? post-evangelical?) vision where once there was a factory, and now there are mountains and rivers. Or once there was a parking lot, and now it’s covered with...
by David Morris | Faith Deconstruction, Spiritual Writing
As I write, it’s just three days away from December 25—Christmas. I must say, my thoughts are shifting away from work. My feelings of hope and love are bubbling up, even though it can also be a difficult time. Maybe it’s just religious conditioning, but I feel...
by David Morris | Spiritual Writing
Friends, Julia Rocchi (pronounced “rocky”) has given us a gift in her new book Amen? Questions for a God I Hope Exists. When I first read Julia’s manuscript, I felt calmer, more at peace. It wasn’t because I felt closer to a being I can’t necessarily say is there, but...
by David Morris | Mental Health, Spiritual Writing
Friends, So many of us at one time or another suffer from some form of mental illness. The percentages might not be sizable, but we all know someone who has struggled, if not even ourselves. But there’s one mental health struggle that affects 100% of the population:...
by David Morris | Publishing, Spiritual Writing
On a recent and rare shopping mall trip where I live in Michigan, I stuck my head into the attached chain bookstore. I often do this as a publishing person just to get an impression of the whole of the offerings to readers in religion and spirituality through a retail...
by David Morris | Spiritual Writing
I recently bought a well-known spiritual writer’s latest book but I just couldn’t get to it. I could see it there day after day on the bookshelf next to the fireplace in my living room. But for some reason, I hadn’t been able to bring myself to begin...
