J. Dana Trent shows a medicine wheel in her World Religion class at Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Jan. 30, 2020. RNS photo by Yonat Shimron ...

(RNS) — J. Dana Trent is best known for a series of books in which she has expounded on faith, love and grief from the perspective of a Southern minister eager to win over readers with inspired ...

In 'Between Two Trailers,' the author confronts her difficult childhood in what she hopes is "a companion for anyone who also longs for relief" Venu Gopal Photography; Convergent Books J. Dana ...

J. Dana Trent holds cherished memories of her childhood years in Dana — the small Indiana town for which she was named. Riding her bike in the town's annual Ernie Pyle Fireman's Festival parade ...

“My father was born in Vermillion County. He was the kind of wanderer who knew the value of home. No matter what any stranger or pundit said, to him Indiana was a magical place full of good buddies,” ...

J. Dana Trent, who describes herself as a preschool drug dealer growing up in poverty in Dana, Indiana, became a Duke University Divinity School graduate and an ordained Baptist minister.

Growing up Baptist, J. Dana Trent heard plenty of warnings about interfaith romance. Marrying the wrong person – known as being “unequally yoked” – could ruin your faith and your marriage.

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The guest speaker is J. Dana Trent, who will be discussing her memoir Between Two Trailers. The book depicts her childhood where she was forced by her parents to deal drugs. You can get tickets and ...

In 'Between Two Trailers,' the author confronts her difficult childhood in what she hopes is "a companion for anyone who also longs for relief" Venu Gopal Photography; Convergent Books J. Dana Trent ...

In 'Between Two Trailers,' the author confronts her difficult childhood in what she hopes is "a companion for anyone who also longs for relief" As a preschooler, Trent was helping her ...