EP #207 STEP INTO THE LIGHT with PATTI SHENE

Tracy Smoak is an author who loves to write devotionals, Bible studies, and nonfiction. She also enjoys photographing beautiful nature scenes. Her first full-color devotional, .  Living Water to Refresh Your Soul, with 30 original photographs of tranquil water scenes, released in August of this year. Guideposts selected one of her devotions for Pray a Word a Day vol. 2

Employed by God: Benefits Packaged with Faith, her memoir published in 2011 (as Tracy S. Deitz), illustrates Psalm 23 with her job loss, her medical mission trip to Mongolia, her teaching young men in a maximum-security prison, and other life events. In 2014, the United Methodist Women’s Reading Program selected her second nonfiction, Break the Cycle: Healing from an Abusive Relationship, for the national list to address concerns about domestic violence.

Her Bible study titled Refuge of Grace: Finding Your Safe Place and her debut novel will release in 2023.

Join us as Tracy shares about her writing journey and what her life experiences have taught her about the hope we have in God's glory.