LIVE @ Fabled Bookshop: Rebecca Anne Nguyen & Trent Clifford

Rebecca Anne Nguyen in conversation with Trent Clifford @Fabled Bookshop in Waco, Texas, where we'll explore: 

• How imagination and creativity can help us connect deeply with the divine and with ourselves.
• The power and importance of self-love in healing from past traumas.
• How it’s possible to find deep spiritual fulfillment—sometimes in the places we’d least expect.

About Trent Clifford

Trent Clifford is the author of Reclaiming Faith: Learning to Reimagine Church, God, and Ourselves (2024), a memoir and spiritual guidebook that explores the ways in which those who have been rejected by faith can enter back into it. In addition to his work as a playwright, actor, and Artistic Director of Wild Imaginings Theatre Company, Trent holds a Masters of Divinity, specializing in spiritual formation and the intersection of arts and theology. He believes in the power of storytelling, particularly the stories of people who have traditionally been marginalized by those in power. When he’s not fully immersed in a production, a new play script, or a book manuscript, you might find Trent spending time with his incredibly supportive husband, Chris.

Praise for Reclaiming Faith

"With vulnerability, clarity, and courage, Trent reclaims his life and his faith. Reclamation stands out as one of the few brave voices speaking honestly about domestic abuse from the perspective of a gay male survivor, while also giving voice to a gay man's surprising love story with Christianity. Though written as a memoir, this delightful book also reads like a love letter to anyone who has been hurt or cast aside by church and longs to find belonging again."

— Rev. Kyndall Rae Rothaus, Author of Thy Queendom Come and Founder of Nevertheless She Preached

"It seems an incredible feat for a first book to have such a well-defined and authentic voice. He draws us into a depth of intimacy that quickly made me start protecting my reading time from interruptions."

— Rev. Erin Conaway, Pastor of Seventh and James Baptist Church

"Clifford details the journey of loving God and the Church alongside the searing pain of feeling distanced from the faith held dear. He weaves together this significant loss with the expectation of a brighter future - one where his whole self is engulfed by the healing embrace of a warmer, bolder, broader faith."

— Rev. Geneece Goertzen, Author of Taking It Seriously: A Faith Leader's Guide to Domestic Violence and Founder of Hope.Rise.Thrive