The following is an excerpt from The Face of Addiction by Joshua Lawson. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. 1 / The Beginning of the Story In the summer of 2009 in the heart of southern Ohio, the prescription pain pill epidemic was escalating. Doctors were […]
The following is an excerpt from Grounding Our Faith in a Pluralist World by John P. Keenan. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. How in this world today can we affirm the faith that is in us—the faith handed down by our mothers and fathers, or […]
The following is an excerpt from Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice by Rupa Marya and Raj Patel. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. As the World Burns Your body is inflamed. If you haven’t felt it yet, you or someone close to you […]
In the United States, we recently reached a grim milestone: 1 in 500 lives have been claimed by the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. Regular readers of this newsletter know that this statistic includes my own mother. You probably know someone who’s died, too. And many more whose lives have been impacted — either through impaired physical health due to long […]
The following is an excerpt from The Whole Thing by Jason English. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. The Whole Thing: Fragments One: The Bible is often explained with an overwhelming emphasis on the brokenness of the world. This book is my wholehearted, simplified explanation of […]
