Lake Drive Books

Lake Drive Books A right-sized publisher with spiritual books that help you heal, grow & discover.

12/16/2024

"Remember that it’s okay to feel what you are feeling. A big part of healing every day is allowing yourself to feel anger, sadness, insecurity, and to name it. When we allow ourselves to feel, when we identify our feelings, something incredible happens: we can move on from them."

Caroline Beidler, Author, from her book, You Are Not Your Trauma

Trauma leaves indelible marks on the soul, but as Caroline Beidler, Author and her mother, Diana Dalles, illustrate in t...
12/11/2024

Trauma leaves indelible marks on the soul, but as Caroline Beidler, Author and her mother, Diana Dalles, illustrate in their powerful book You Are Not Your Trauma: Uproot Unhealthy Patterns, Heal the Family Tree, those marks don’t have to define us.

Our latest Substack post offers this candid video conversation with Lake Drive Books publisher David Morris where Caroline and Diana explore the depths of trauma, the heights of recovery, and the transformative power of radical honesty and intergenerational healing.

And Other Updates from Lake Drive Books

Cradled in the Arms of Compassion is a riveting story of surviving childhood abuse by Frank Rogers Jr., spiritual direct...
12/10/2024

Cradled in the Arms of Compassion is a riveting story of surviving childhood abuse by Frank Rogers Jr., spiritual director and co-founder of the Center for Engaged Compassion. It tells a fascinating story of recovery through reflective retreats, therapy, creative expression, and an extraordinary application of meditation.

12/05/2024

What would a healthier spiritual politics look like? How to resist feelings of mutual suspicion and overload—a polarization monetized by algorithms and metabolized by human nervous systems? In such conditions, “a listening heart” (from 1 Kings 3) is hardly fashionable. It never was. These Refl...

"Holding silence in a manner that gives witness to someone else’s experience, without judgment or interruption of any ki...
12/03/2024

"Holding silence in a manner that gives witness to someone else’s experience, without judgment or interruption of any kind, has a healing power all its own." Kate J. Meyer in Guideposts

How you can support family and friends that are coping with grief during this or any season.

Here's a very human, thoughtful post from clergy abuse survivor and advocate Christa Brown.
12/02/2024

Here's a very human, thoughtful post from clergy abuse survivor and advocate Christa Brown.

What happened and what I took from it

“I have a strong commitment to authenticity, so I don’t like to say words that I don’t mean. Even though Christmas carol...
11/27/2024

“I have a strong commitment to authenticity, so I don’t like to say words that I don’t mean. Even though Christmas carols are powerful and beautiful, there are lyrics I don’t agree with. So it creates a tension.”

Quote from Sarah Henn Hayward, author of Giving Up God, in a webinar with NakedPastor David Hayward "Surviving the Holidays after Faith Deconstruction" over on the Lake Drive Blog.

NakedPastor David Hayward and Giving Up God author Sarah Henn Hayward (no relation) talk about how they see faith deconstruction and surviving the holidays.

Intersexion is a book for anyone craving a more authentic life. It’s a story about the intersections we find ourselves i...
11/25/2024

Intersexion is a book for anyone craving a more authentic life. It’s a story about the intersections we find ourselves in by no choice of our own, and the life-giving choices we can make.

Available at retailers everywhere or head to: https://www.lakedrivebooks.com/books/intersexion/

"According to Nielsen BookScan, of the approximately 635 million print books sold and reported in 2024, a full third wer...
11/22/2024

"According to Nielsen BookScan, of the approximately 635 million print books sold and reported in 2024, a full third were produced by independent publishers . . . In other words, independent publishing drives our industry more than it’s acknowledged. . ."
-Andrea Fleck-Nisbet, Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) CEO

Lake Drive Books is one of those indie publishers.

It has been a newsworthy week for IBPA and the independent publishing community! We are pleased to have announced that members of PubWest will officially join the IBPA community as of July 1, 2025. Thank you to all who participated in Tuesday’s vote to approve the combination of associations and t...

11/21/2024

At a job interview at a Christian college, Cynthia V***a Davis faced a moment we'll all face if we consider ourselves q***r allies.

Learn more in her book Intersexion.

From Lake Drive author Sarah Henn Hayward.
11/21/2024

From Lake Drive author Sarah Henn Hayward.

Commentary writer Sarah Henn Hayward comes to terms with the election results by processing her shock and fears, eventually seeing a possible way forward.

11/21/2024

✨Have you ever walked into family holiday gatherings with anxiety?

✨Are the holidays a triggering or challenging time for you?

😔The holiday season can bring up all sorts of family drama - or family trauma.

You aren’t alone.

Join me next Tuesday with the for this live conversation.

—> Register for the event: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6E9jMFBxQXG2gChZFFyrQQ #/registration

Space is limited so register now to save your spot!

—> Get your copy of You Are Not Your Trauma: Uproot Unhealthy Patterns, Heal the Family Tree.

—> Start preparing for the holiday drama… and begin healing from your family trauma.

From Christa Brown's Baptistland: A Memoir of Abuse, Betrayal, and Transformation
11/20/2024

From Christa Brown's Baptistland: A Memoir of Abuse, Betrayal, and Transformation

So many of us are giving up the god we were raised on, realizing there's goodness to discover if we allow ourselves to s...
11/18/2024

So many of us are giving up the god we were raised on, realizing there's goodness to discover if we allow ourselves to seek it.

Satisfyingly written by Sarah Henn Hayward, Giving Up God will take you on a journey of hope, love, and wonder.

While the church seems to be shutting out questions, Giving Up God shows us how to discover who we are beyond religion and find a new path forward.

Equally important to past identities, which helped shape who I am, is the mission to continue growing and building a new...
11/11/2024

Equally important to past identities, which helped shape who I am, is the mission to continue growing and building a new life apart from the past. I can be partly defined by life post-faith and post White-centered thinking, but I am, more importantly, defined by the life I choose to live and the people I choose to love and support.

From R Scott Okamoto's Asian American Apostate: Losing Religion and Finding Myself at an Evangelical University

11/08/2024

Churches may have good intentions with a rhetoric that says, “Well, everyone is welcome! Come on in! The water’s fine!” As if they’re doing us gay people a favor by at least opening up their doors. Look at them go! They’re so amazing!

But regardless of “good intentions,” this ploy is common and damaging and ultimately not loving. It’s a surprise attack that preys upon the hearts of q***r people who hope against hope that maybe this church is different, that maybe this time they’ll be safe, only to realize they were lied to in hopes to be converted and transformed into the church’s image, rather than their own.

-Brandon Flanery, Stumbling: A Sassy Memoir about Coming Out of Evangelicalism

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At a job interview at a Christian college, Cynthia Vacca Davis faced a moment we'll all face if we consider ourselves queer allies. Learn more in her book Intersexion.

At a teaching job interview for a Christian college, @cynthia_vacca_davis faces a moment we all will find ourselves in if we consider ourselves allies to the queer community. See more in her book Intersexion.

Insightful article and important ongoing critique from Chrissy Stroop on the exvangelical books coming out right now, and more to come, including from Lake Drive Books. See the special mention of Scott Okamoto’s Asian American Apostate. Head over to conversationalist.org for this feature story. @theconversationalist @chrissystroop @rsokamoto

Lake Drive author Christa Brown (Baptistland) talking about her treatment by the highest leadership, male leadership, of the Southern Baptist Convention for her speaking out against widespread clergy abuse in the FOR OUR DAUGHTERS 30 minute documentary from @kkdumez. Out today. Click through at @forourdaughtersfilm to watch. #forourdaughters

Here’s survivor and advocate and author Christa Brown giving her own assessment of Sarah Stankorb’s DISOBEDIENT WOMEN: How a Small Group of Faithful Women Exposed Abuse, Brought Down Powerful Pastors, and Ignited an Evangelical Reckoning (now in paperback) Sarah Stankorb Taylor Check it out. See the full interview at lakedrivebooks.com/books/baptistland.

Here’s survivor and advocate and author Christa Brown giving her own assessment of Sarah Stankorb’s DISOBEDIENT WOMEN. @sarahstankorb Check it out.

Lake Drive author Dr. Frank Rogers Jr talking about trauma and his first steps to healing. A story he’s only started telling since his book came out last year. See the whole video at https://cst.edu/frank-rogers-calpac-video/#video And see the book CRADLED IN THE ARMS OF COMPASSION at link in bio or everywhere books are sold. @cst_news #traumarecovery #traumahealing

It’s been quite a journey already and we’ve only just begun. Thanks to our amazing authors, freelance editors, designers, compositors, encouragers, and more. This ain’t easy but it’s been oh so rewarding. Head over to lakedrivebooks.com/giveaway and help us celebrate. Been an amazing number of entries so far!

Baptistland is STILL defying sales patterns. More people are reading it DISCREETLY than most books. Can you guess why? See the whole article at @baptistnews

Author Frank Rogers talking about using Ignatian Exercise and sacred story to do some work on healing trauma. Check out his book Cradled in the Arms of Compassion to get the whole deal. https://www.lakedrivebooks.com/books/cradled-in-the-arms-of-compassion/

Author Frank Rogers talking about using Ignatian Exercise and sacred story to do some work on healing trauma. Check out his book Cradled in the Arms of Compassion to get the whole deal.

Learn more of a common journey an increasing and ongoing number of us are on and what we’re discovering in Sarah Henn Hayward's GIVING UP GOD: RESURRECTING A SPIRITUALITY OF LOVE AND WONDER

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