Baptistland: Please help me bring this story into the world
... and look who wrote the Foreword!
The arrival of Baptistland is just around the bend.
It’s a memoir—so yeah, it’s about me. But it’s also about a lot more.
In a way, it’s about all of us, and about what can happen when we tell the truth about hard stuff.
What can happen for ourselves, for our families, for our institutions, and for our futures.
For me, the truth of my story intersects with a lot of sordid, dystopian stuff in the Southern Baptist Convention.
For you, it might be some other authoritarian religious group. Or maybe it’s a high-control family system. The patterns tend to reproduce… and that’s part of what Baptistland is about.
So many of you were in my heart as I wrote this book. I hope it will resonate with you.
And now, I could really use your help in getting this story out into the world.
Will you be on my launch team to help promote the book?
This is one of those things that really works. With social media posts and reviews, launch teams can boost a book, bring it attention, and make a difference.
I hope you’ll sign up. Here’s the link: https://forms.gle/rJV3qoP2AiAV3Kzs8
If you register for the launch team, you’ll get early access to a digital copy of Baptistland—so you won’t have to wait for the May 7 release date to read it. You’ll also get several freebies, including my Sweet Potato and Leek Torte recipe! (It’s mentioned in the book.)
Finally, here’s the big announcement about the Foreword to Baptistland. It’s written by none other than the fabulous Boz Tchividjian!
I’m just so happy and proud to have Boz’s name on the cover with me. And strangely, it also brings me a measure of calm.
With the imminent release of Baptistland, I feel vulnerable, exposed, and raw. But I know I’m not alone. Boz is there in solidarity with me.
I know a lot of you are there as well. In words or in spirit, many of you are in this book. Thanks for your support.
P.S. And if you’re wondering about that blue tree on the cover… I wrote more about it here.
So glad for this. Let's all join in and help tell the truth for ourselves and others.
Thrilled to hear about Boz's foreword!!