Register Here A Discussion Featuring Lake Drive Books’ Managing Editor Emily Einolander, with Publisher David Morris Lake Drive Books is not your typical publishing house. As a recent entry into a fast-evolving industry, it thrives on the mission to publish books that help you heal, grow, and discover. At its core is a deep commitment to storytelling that resonates with readers on multiple levels—emotionally, spiritually, and intellectually. Under the guidance of publisher David Morris and managing editor Emily Einolander, Lake Drive Books is shaping its niche by embracing a collaborative, i ..read more

As humans in polite society, we know when it’s socially acceptable to avoid certain topics. Politics, finances, a secret penchant for blaring Nickelback alone in the car—we all pick and choose what to reveal in various settings. I could retreat into vague statements of pseudoconsent and have a shot at becoming a well-loved professor like I’d always dreamed. Or, I could be brave, like Danny before me, and take a step out into territory from which there would be no return ..read more

Register Here We are excited to invite you to a special event presented by Lake Drive Books: “We Can Write about Hard Things.” This event open to all will feature a panel of insightful authors specializing in expressing ourselves about challenging topics with compassion and depth. Event Details: Date: Monday September 16th Time: 8:00pm – 9:00pm EST Location: Live on Zoom Our special guest for the evening is Caroline Beidler, author of the upcoming book You Are Not Your Trauma: Uproot Unhealthy Patterns, Heal the Family Tree, releasing on September 24, 2024.  Caroline’s ..read more

When the things you’ve believed your whole life no longer feel solid, it can be unsettling. Fear and isolation can set in, especially when the people around you don’t understand your questions, or worse, shame you for them. Lauren Cibene grew up in the evangelical church and all her life had heard about people experiencing “peace beyond understanding” or “God’s presence” in their moment of crisis. But all she felt in the midst of tragedy was abandonment. In her late twenties, Lauren’s marriage was in shambles, her career was a joke. And that’s when an unforeseen, traumatic event shattered any ..read more

Why is gender transition such a busy topic these days? Here’s why: we live in a time when those in the LGBTQIA+ community are finding their voices, and doing the hard work of honoring who they are and the beautiful lives they’ve been given. And our society, itself always in transition, isn’t used to it and is having a hard time. Doing this work of self-discovery can be a disorienting and lonely time for those who experience it. And that shouldn’t necessarily be the case, but it is. That’s why Nia Chiaramonte and her partner Katie Chiaramonte co-founded Love in the Face, walking alongside tran ..read more

My brother told me he was an atheist at the start of a car ride. He opened up the conversation as if he were coming clean. “I want to have faith,” he said. “I really do. But I have to be honest and say I don’t.” At first I was taken aback. I knew my brother wasn’t following any religious doctrine, but I had never stopped to think that might imply his total lack of belief in any deity. I’m a person of faith. A person with faith. Imperfect faith, variable faith, doubtful faith—but still faith in a Higher Power. Then I felt naive, almost narrow-minded. Why had I assumed my brother believed in G ..read more

My brother told me he was an atheist at the start of a car ride. He opened up the conversation as if he were coming clean. “I want to have faith,” he said. “I really do. But I have to be honest and say I don’t.” At first I was taken aback. I knew my brother wasn’t following any religious doctrine, but I had never stopped to think that might imply his total lack of belief in any deity. I’m a person of faith. A person with faith. Imperfect faith, variable faith, doubtful faith—but still faith in a Higher Power. Then I felt naive, almost narrow-minded. Why had I assumed my brother believed in G ..read more

I slid into the high-backed vinyl chair across from Mitchell’s desk, grateful to be wearing black. The dark fabric masked the stickiness—part nervous perspiration, part fortitude—that was seeping from my pores. Arguably my entire life had been moving toward this moment. A tenure-track position had fallen, mid-semester, in my lap, and I was about to throw it all away. “Before we go up to the boardroom,” Mitchell said, steepling his hands as he leaned back in his chair, “are there any other questions you have about the position?” I’m sure Mitchell was expecting something light, perhaps the day ..read more

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Lake Drive Books author Christa Brown recently published a Ms. Magazine article “Southern Baptists Pursue a Mission of Misogyny”. On the eve of the next annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention starting this Sunday, Brown calls out the SBC for their institutionalized misogyny, which is in no small part connected to their own mishandling and dismissiveness of the clergy sex abuse in their ranks and to the polarizing political figures behind so much upheaval in our country today. Here’s a few quotes from the more than spot on article, which we encourage you to read in its entirety ..read more