Ed Smith.
Author of the Living in the Light Series. Husband to Cindy. Walking beside men through their Stage One — daily.
Ed spent decades managing what he kept hidden. Then everything came into the light.
What followed was not a recovery story. It was a process — tested inside a real consequence, walked through daily, refined through two years of doing it and walking other men through it. The Transformation Path is the integration of the work he did in two streams that turned out to be teaching the same thing: cognitive behavioral therapy under Dr. David Burns, and the Christ-centered recovery curriculum of Re:Generation.
Ed lives in Texas with his wife Cindy, who came to faith during Re:Generation and was baptized alongside him. He walks beside men in Re:Generation groups, leads the five-stage Transformation Path he teaches in the trilogy, and continues the work of staying in the light — daily.
His focus is simple: helping men move from managing their lives to living in truth.
What Ed is building.
The Trilogy
Three books across the full path: memoir, framework, field manual. Available through Smith For Christ Publishing.
Speaking & Ministry
Talks and trainings for Re:Generation networks, men’s ministries, and church recovery groups.
Walking Beside
One-on-one work with men in Stage One. Group facilitation. The work that doesn’t scale — and matters most.
Speaking, ministry, bulk orders.
If you’re a ministry leader, program director, or pastor wanting to bring this work into your community, the easiest path is direct contact.
The series, by email.
Occasional notes from Ed. The work, distilled. No spam.
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