The Living in the Light Series

Four books, one path.

The trilogy plus a companion workbook — from the moment hiding stops, through the framework that follows, to the work of walking beside another man through his. Each available on Amazon in Kindle, paperback, and hardback.

The Apology You Owe by Ed Smith
Book One · The Memoir

The Apology You Owe

The story of the moment hiding stopped.

A memoir of Stage One — written for the man whose hiding is about to stop, or just has. Sixteen short chapters about the hours after the truth came out, the apology that mattered most, and what the first thirty days actually require.

Living in the Light by Ed Smith
Book Two · The Framework

Living in the Light

All five stages of the path, mapped.

The framework book. Twenty chapters across five stages — Exposure, Identity, Renewal, Restoration, Legacy — with an appendix that puts each stage in your hands as a process. Written for the man working the path, and for the leaders who walk men through one.

Explore the five stages →
Beside, Not Above by Ed Smith
Book Three · The Field Manual

Beside, Not Above

For the man asked to walk beside another.

What Stage Five looks like when it walks beside someone else's Stage One. Twenty-four chapters for ministry leaders, program facilitators, sponsors, and wives — including a contributed chapter from Cindy Smith in her own voice.

Living in the Light Companion Workbook by Ed Smith
Book Four · The Companion Workbook

Living in the Light: The Companion Workbook

Walking the five stages of the Transformation Path.

The workbook companion to the series — the five-stage Path, walked one page at a time. Built for personal use, small groups, recovery ministries, and program facilitators who want the framework in their hands as a process, not a read.

Read it: Paperback