@carameredithwrites.bsky.social
freelance writer, author type, occasional minister, slightly funny human. Church Camp: Bad Skits, Cry Night, and How White Evangelicalism Betrayed a Generation releases in April! Oakland, CA.
Loved our time together (even if I'm 4 months late in checking Bluesky).
26.11.2025 17:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Need a podcast to listen to while you're prepping the turkey? This was a good one!
26.11.2025 17:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Ah, such fond, perimenopausal cheerleaders for Jesus memories.
26.11.2025 17:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I loved getting to write this up for @christiancentury.bsky.social and was just delighted to see that @hahrie.bsky.social received a MacArthur genius grant. Congrats, Hahrie!
26.11.2025 17:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hey! Did Towne Center Books work out in Pleasanton? I'm happy to connect you/propose an event/be your conversation partner at Great Good Place for Books in Oakland - that's where I did my launch party.
18.07.2025 23:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
@carameredithwrites.bsky.social preached a wonderful sermon, and then joined us in conversation about her excellent book "Church Camp." Also, we celebrated birthdays from 9 to 95, and sang rounds. Much sweetness. www.broadleafbooks.com/store/produc...
30.06.2025 04:47 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0It really was the loveliest of mornings. O, lovely day!
02.07.2025 18:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thanks, Jonathan. It’s a little wild that they ran it at all.
27.06.2025 19:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0PS: If you liked Church Camp, stick it to the haters and post a positive review on Amazon or Goodreads. We got this!
27.06.2025 01:33 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
No press is bad press.
After an unbelievably negative review from @christianitytoday.com yesterday (that missed the point of the book, mind you), sales & subscribers & followers are up! CT editors are (secretly) emailing me, apologizing.
WILD.
GLORY.
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/06/dont...
Grateful for the good people at @anabaptistworld.bsky.social for recently highlighting Church Camp.
Check it out!
anabaptistworld.org/church-camp-...
I'm so glad writer Anna Rollins found a home for this hybrid personal essay meets Church Camp book review over at @commongoodmag.bsky.social.
But I don't know, you'll have to tell me: Is church camp too ...campy? Can that even be a thing?
Read it here:
commongoodmag.com/church-camp-...
I feel like I JUST scratched the surface when it comes to the impact of purity culture at camps (even if "scratching the surface" still made up half a chapter in the book).
I'm so glad Jeremiah over at Sexvangelicals decided to run with it even more!
sexvangelicals.substack.com/p/what-churc...
Loving the week of podcast episodes? Have no fear, another podcast is here!
I'm so grateful @courtneyellis.bsky.social brought me on her show, The Thing With Feathers. We talked about hope, a lot, but we also talked about my favorite bird.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/9...
It's podcast-sharing week! Check out this episode with Ryan Walton of the @daringtodad.bsky.social podcast.
Ryan and I come from very similar worlds, so it doesn't take much to find commonality through Church Camp.
www.instagram.com/p/DJozT8TRCsH/
Joshua Johnson of @shiftingculture.bsky.social Podcast is a PHENOMENAL question-asker. I loved, loved, loved our conversation, which really is rooted in shifting culture.
And isn't that also kind of what Church Camp is about too?
shiftingculture.substack.com/p/ep-305-car...
@alexisbusetti.bsky.social of That Makes Total Sense Podcast was one of my favorite interviews when my first book came out.
It wasn't all that different with Church Camp! Even though it's a TOTALLY different conversation, it's still a good one.
thatmakestotalsense.com/podcast/epis...
I really loved chatting with Heather and Shelley of The Expansionist Podcast.
They're all about expanding spirituality, the Divine Feminine, & the transforming impact of living attuned to Wisdom, Spirit, and Love ...and I don't about you, but I kind of am too.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
When @religionnews.com.web.brid.gy reached out for an interview of Church Camp, I just SWOONED.
I love them & appreciate what they're putting out in the world when it comes to religious conversations.
A huge thanks to writer Kathryn Post for the interview!
religionnews.com/2025/05/21/c...
I started writing for @baptistnews.com earlier this year and have just continued to fall in love with the publication. They're doing good, good things, y'all!
What a joy to then have them reach out for a review of Church Camp.
Enjoy!
baptistnews.com/article/new-...
It was a real delight to jump on Substack Live for the first time with friend and author @angeladenker.bsky.social.
Our new books from @broadleafbooks.bsky.social, Disciples of White Jesus and Church Camp, pair quite well together.
Cozy up and listen!
angeladenker.substack.com/p/live-with-...
My new friend Kelsey McGinnis is a kind and generous soul.
Not only does she GET the book, but she was able to guide a conversation between the two of us that really celebrated one of my favorite aspects of camp: MUSIC!!!!
Sing along here:
kkramermcginnis.substack.com/p/learning-t...
I know I told you about her the other day, but @hollybfletcher.bsky.social is the stuff dreams are made of.
I loved our podcast conversation, which was about both Church Camp AND The Color of Life (and a whole lot of other things in between):
hollyberkleyfletcher.substack.com/p/episode-4-...
My buddy, fellow writer, former CIAer, and future author @hollybfletcher.bsky.social is just the bee's knees.
I'm so grateful for her generosity in reading & penning a post that really hits the nail on the head when it comes to Church Camp:
hollyberkleyfletcher.substack.com/p/the-best-f...
Good Soil convinced me that the world needs more books written of the things of the earth and the deep spiritual longings of our soul.
Read it!
Writer, podcaster, spiritual director, and author @charlottedonlon.bsky.social and I share in common a love of BELONGING.
I was honored to chat with her about a whole lot of things, including belonging, on her new podcast, All of This and More.
Listen?
www.allofthisandmore.com/episodes/car...
Doing an IG Live with Brian Recker was so much fun ...but I'm equally grateful for his generosity in featuring this excerpt from Church Camp on Substack.
He's got a book about hell coming out later this year, so this hellish piece fits nicely!
brianrecker.substack.com/p/dirty-rott...
I've been writing book reviews for @erbks.bsky.social for years. What. A. Joy. to see this come full circle and see Church Camp as a featured review over on their site!
Also, a huge thanks to writer Ann Byle for the generous write-up.
Read it here:
englewoodreview.org/cara-meredit...
It was just the DREAMIEST when theologian David Gushee enthusiastically agreed to endorse Church Camp.
For fellow theological nerds like myself, this was a really cool, really big deal.
What a gift that he also shared space with me on his Substack:
davidpgushee.substack.com/p/church-cam...
Freelance writer and upcoming author Anna Rollins is quickly becoming one of my favorite humans on the Internet.
Not only has she taught me a ton about freelancing but she's a comrade in and on this journey of spiritual writing.
Check it out!
annajrollins.substack.com/p/ill-give-y...