About Cara Meredith

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Cara Meredith is a writer, speaker, and editor who writes at the intersection of spirituality and culture. A former high school English teacher and nonprofit outreach director, her writing has appeared in numerous print and online publications. The author of Church Camp (Broadleaf) and The Color Of Life (Zondervan), she holds a Masters of Theology and lives in Oakland, California with her family.

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Can you name the thirst inside your soul?

I have not known true thirst – not to the point of... read more

Nice Churchy Patriarchy is most definitely a thing

The following book recently arrived in the mail: Author Liz Cooledge Jenkins... read more

Uncovering My Family's Faith History

It's story time, kids! Several years ago, my brother spit into a... read more

Love your enemies? I don't think so.

There’s a tradition, or I suppose I should call it a rule... read more

Finding our way home in an age of...

I recently won the following book from Englewood Review of Books: Englewood,... read more

Women Talking: You Know Something's Gonna Go Down

I found the following book in my neighborhood's free little library a... read more

How Bishop Budde helped us look for the...

On Tuesday night, I took up one end of the couch, while... read more

Whistling in the Dark, alongside the born-agains

I finally read a book that had been sitting on my shelf... read more

Composing a life, thread by thread

A friend recently passed along the following book: I think you'll like... read more

Santa baby, a post-evangelical book, or two...

Christmas is going to be here before we know it. If you're... read more

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