Bøger af Traci Smith

Six years after her best friend's death, Elizabeth is shining as a single-parent professional. Completely devoted to raising her best friend's son, she immerses herself in motherhood and her career. When her son's father shares his growing feelings for her, she struggles to come to grips with her own feelings. Eventually, her ex-husband re-enters the picture and Elizabeth finds herself more confused than ever before. Throughout the twists and turns the story takes, we find evidence that life always offers second chances.

Young and single with a bright future ahead of her as a teacher, Elizabeth weaves her way through life wondering why those who cross her path do so. When she meets Amy, a fellow teacher, she realizes what friendship is all about. Follow the girls through life's twists and turns that will leave you laughing, crying, and wondering. Stay with them as they learn and grow together until an unexpected event causes one of them to experience the change of a lifetime.

Its never too early to start to pray with your little one.Childhood is full of all sorts of ordinary and extraordinary moments that pass us by, sometimes much too quickly. Little Prayers for Everyday Life turns these moments into opportunities for brief prayer together. The prayers are simple, but take the spirituality of young children seriously. These prayers are solid and sincere, worthy of memorization and adoption into any childs prayer life. Little Prayers for Everyday Life contains prayers for morning, mealtimes, bath time, and bedtime. It also includes prayers about the seasons, welcoming a baby, losing a tooth, birthdays, celebrations, times of upset and fear, and other ordinary situations and emotions a child experiences.This fully illustrated book born from Traci Smiths Prayers for Faithful Families, will become a well-loved keepsake for your little ones and the perfect gift for birthdays, baptisms, baby dedications, and baptism anniversaries.

"Prayers for Faithful Families equips busy parents with simple prayers, written in ordinary language, for a wide variety of occasions. From everyday moments like mealtime and bedtime to milestones such as the first day of school, the death of a pet, or welcoming a new baby, this unique prayer book is an invaluable resource for creating meaningful faith connections at home throughout the highs and lows of family life. Straightforward and flexible, Prayers for Faithful Families helps parents turn ordinary and extraordinary moments into opportunities to teach children that God is with them through all of life's joys and challenges. Tips for praying in creative ways and for creating sacred space at home are included"--

Faith is learned when it is woven seamlessly into the fabric of everyday life. In Seamless Faith, author Traci Smith shares dozens of simple practices to equip families of all kinds with the tools they need for bringing faith home. Filled with easy-to-organize traditions, ceremonies, and spiritual practices for many of life's stressful and faith-filled moments, this is a resource parents will rely on for years to come.

A new and expanded version of Seamless Faith, now with more than a dozen new spiritual practices and additional resources for parents, kids, grandparents, and communities that care about families! Add family faith moments to your daily routine with little or no prep, and share meaningful spiritual experiences with your children! Traci Smith, a pastor and mother of three, offers ways to discover and develop new spiritual practices as a family, whether you're a new seeker or a lifelong follower. Faithful Families is brimming with easy, do-it-yourself ideas for transforming your family's everyday moments into sacred moments! Faithful Families helps you: connect faith to your family's everyday life; add family faith moments into your daily routine; learn new spiritual practices alongside your children; teach your children to appreciate religious diversity with time-tested non-Christian and Christian spiritual practices; respond to life's everyday challenges and opportunities with meaningful practicesFaithful Families is the perfect gift for Parents, Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles; Baptisms; Baby Showers; New Families; Christian educators and those they serve; Preschool Classes; and GodparentsFaithful Families is part of The Young Clergy Women Project

The Pastor's Wife was Condemned...She had committed Adultery and was banished from her home, her husband, her children and her church... Would God banish her too? That Was My Broken, Shamed, and Alone Moment-What's yours? Once the movers had driven away, and I was left all alone in the emptiness of my new, lifeless post-divorce rent house, I was forced to "be still." This was my "moment." Broken, shamed and alone. What was yours? You know-that moment when you finally realized the destructive path you were on and the full weight of your sin. Maybe you haven't had it yet. Or maybe it's now. In that moment, all you can do is "be still" because you have no idea what to do. In that moment, you would do anything to take it all back. But, you can't. Believing it's too late for you? Whatever your failure or sin, however you've been broken, in this book, Beautifully Broken, author Traci Smith shares how you can find your way back to forgiveness, beauty, and moving forward with your life-restored. Let this book be the roadmap to your journey back.... Author Bio: Traci Smith has a heart for women, especially those who are broken and shamed. Through her own honest story of brokenness to beauty, women are being restored. She is an author, mentor, speaker and coach to thousands of women nationwide. Traci, her husband and their three sons make their home in College Station, Texas. Visit her at tracismith.org.