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Asked who they are today, after experiences since writing "Faith Unleavened: The Wilderness Between Trayvon Martin and George Floyd," theoactivist Tamice Spencer-Helms says they are a collection of experiences with others not function on shame. What a vision!
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November 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
From "Asian American Apostate: Losing Religion and Finding Myself at an Evangelical University" by @rsokamoto.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Here's Kate Meyer discussing how spirituality and religion can sometimes be two different things, and that to navigate the grief process, we must recognize that there's something spiritual to grief that our faith community might not understand.
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Freeze-dried Skittles! A wonderful metaphor for understanding a transgender transition.

Watch the full video on our YouTube channel (link in bio) and learn more about Nia's book, "I Hardly Knew Me: Following Love, Faith, and Skittles to a Transgender Awakening."
November 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“You can have self-worth WITHOUT relying on anyone else to give it to you?!”

New on the Lake Drive Substack: a powerful guest post from Nia Chiaramonte, author of "I Hardly Knew Me: Following Love, Faith, and Skittles to a Transgender Awakening."

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Reclaiming My Body After Religion: How I Found Self-Worth Beyond the Church
Guest Post from Nia Chiaramonte
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November 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"According to the Public Religion Research Institute, 40% of women ages 18-29 are religiously unaffiliated — a percentage that for the first time outpaces the unaffiliated rate for young men, which has remained at about 35%."
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‘Exvangelical’ women are leaving their churches. But is it decline or renewal?
(RNS) — Dissenting former evangelical Christian women are forging a path different from those who have left the church in the decades-long decline in institutional faith.
religionnews.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:42 AM
From "Baptistland" by
@christabrown.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
From "Faith Unleavened" by @tamicenamaespeaks.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
In "Faith Unleavened: The Wilderness Between Trayvon Martin and George Floyd," theoactivist Tamice Spencer-Helms tells the story of what happens after the collapse of certainty — and something truer begins to rise. @tamicenamaespeaks.bsky.social
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October 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Here's author Kate Meyer talking about the central concept of her new book, "Navigating the Waves of Grief: Healing Prompts and Reflections to Move You Forward".

What a wonderful way to talk about emotions, and to understand big emotions like grief.

#grief #griefjournal #griefjourney
October 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
From "Cradled in the Arms of Compassion" by Frank Rogers Jr.
October 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Dizzy and I had a surreal day together in late-80s Boston, and the Kennedys were involved...
Details in my memoir HOLY DISOBEDIENCE, out with @lakedrivebooks.bsky.social in March 2026.
Happy birthday, Dizzy Gillespie! It was super fun seeing him on the Muppet Show in 1980. His solo is awesome, and Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem were on fire that night. This was the bongo player’s only gig with them.
#music #musicsky #happybirthday #jazzmusic #jazzsky

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The Muppet Show - 413: Dizzy Gillespie - “St. Louis Blues” (1980)
YouTube video by The Muppet Show Vault
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October 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Time to wise up with a bit of satirical critiquing from @becky_garrison ! Head over to our Substack newsletter or linkinbio for the full article.

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How to Recognize Spiritual Narcissism in Pastors and Spiritual Leaders
Guest Post from Becky Garrison
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October 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
From "You Are Not Your Trauma: Uproot Unhealthy Patterns, Heal the Family Tree" by Caroline Beidler
October 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Sometimes only stories can communicate and give voice to the hardest experiences we contain.

Tears of Eden founder Katherine Spearing does this in "A Thousand Tiny Paper Cuts: The Subtle, Insidious Nature of Spiritual Abuse and Life on the Other Side."

www.lakedrivebooks.com/books/a-thou...
October 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
From "Navigating the Waves of Grief" by Kate Meyer
October 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
In "Faith Unleavened: The Wilderness Between Trayvon Martin and George Floyd," theoactivist Tamice Spencer-Helms tells the story of what happens after the collapse of certainty and something truer begins to rise. @tamicenamaespeaks.bsky.social

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October 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
From "A Thousand Tiny Paper Cuts" by Katherine Spearing.
October 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Lake Drive Books is pleased to announce that "A Thousand Tiny Paper Cuts: The Subtle, Insidious Nature of Spiritual Abuse and Life on the Other Side" by Tears of Eden founder Katherine Spearing is now on sale!

www.lakedrivebooks.com/books/a-thou...
October 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
"Grief is as unique as a fingerprint, shaped by your personality, your relationship with the person or relationship you lost, and the circumstances of the loss."
www.lakedrivebooks.com/2024/11/25/c...
Coping with Grief in Three Stages: Early, Middle, Lasting
This approach to the stages of grief reflects the natural flow of grief over time, offering space for the unpredictability of our journeys.
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October 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Sometimes it helps to look back and REMEMBER clearly what you've been through and survived, and to say, hey, I'm a boss!

"A Thousand Tiny Paper Cuts: The Subtle, Insidious Nature of Spiritual Abuse and Life on the Other Side."

It releases this TUESDAY, 10/13.
www.lakedrivebooks.com/books/a-thou...
October 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
From "Jesus Died for This? A Satirist’s Search for the Risen Christ" by Becky Garrison
October 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
In "Faith Unleavened: The Wilderness Between Trayvon Martin and George Floyd," theoactivist Tamice Spencer-Helms tells the story of what happens after the collapse of certainty — when faith falls apart, and something truer begins to rise. @tamicenamaespeaks.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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RESOURCE ALERT 👇
Today's Wednesday Fireside Chat Document Drop is a guide to help understand our relationships with our bodies. Whether you're trans or for some other reason don't know your body well, this resource is for you.

To download the free PDF, go to:
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Your Body Relationship Reflection Guide - loveintheface.com.pdf
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October 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM