EIGHTEEN INCHES. That was it. Not two feet, or maybe two rows of two feet. Just eighteen inches dedicated to books on religion and spirituality at a local independent bookstore. I get it, and I don’t blame them, as this is a shop in a smallish town. It was a nice...
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...
One of the things about all the fluidity and change going on in the virtual and physical spaces for faith and religion right now is that we often feel alone. There’s a sense of isolation, even with the seemingly unlimited possibilities to find people with shared...
It was good recently to see that the publishing industry’s flagship trade magazine, Publisher’s Weekly, offered a brief but significant story on books about faith deconstruction. This term or phrase is new for so many and may appear to some as nothing more...
I’m so glad to announce that Lake Drive Books recently signed writer Brandon Flanery. Brandon writes about honest, messy things, specifically around faith and sexuality. He’s published with the Colorado Springs Indy and The Scribe, and has academic essays with the...
