NON FICTION BOOKS
Praying for Your Future Husband: Preparing Your Heart for His
Have you ever thought about praying for your future husband?
Will it make a difference?
There's only one way to find out…
From when we were small girls, most of us dream of “The One,” our future husband. We think about what it would be like to be a bride. We wonder who that special guy is and when we'll find him. The great news is that what you do now can make a difference in your life and the life of your future husband!
Authors and good friends Robin Jones Gunn (Christy Miller series) and Tricia Goyer (author and former teen mom) believe God answers women's prayers for husbands—even husbands they may not meet for years. They invite young women to pray boldly for their future mate … while also asking God to prepare their own hearts.
In Praying for Your Future Husband, Robin and Tricia share their two vastly different experiences, including the things they did right and the mistakes they made on the path to meeting and marrying their husbands. Each chapter includes helpful Bible verses, prayers, and practical application, along with true stories of women who prayed for a husband and how God answered in remarkable ways.
God has a beautiful romance prepared for you. Prayer is the key to unlocking the love story … with your future husband and with God, the lover of your soul.
Life, In Spite of Me: Extraordinary Hope After A Fatal Choice
After her fatal choice… extraordinary hope.
Kristen Anderson thought she had the picture perfect life until strokes of gray dimmed her outlook on life. Once a happy child, Kristen’s world darkened after three friends and her grandmother died within two years. Still reeling from these losses, she was raped by a friend she thought she could trust. She soon spiraled into a depression that didn't seem to have a bottom.
One January night, the seventeen-year-old made a decision: She no longer wanted to deal with the emotional pain that smothered her. She lay down on a set of cold railroad tracks and waited—for a freight train to send her to heaven…and peace.
Amazingly, Kristen survived her suicide attempt… but the 33 freight cars that ran over her severed her legs. Now she not only had to deal with depression; she also had to face the physical pain and life without legs.
But Kristen's story didn't end there. After her darkest days Kristen discovered a real purpose for living. Now, in her compelling book Life, In Spite of Me, Kristen shares her journey from despair to hope.
Includes letters from Kristen that share messages she wishes someone would have told her—when she was depressed and struggling with loss, shame from sexual abuse, and suicidal thoughts.
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Blue Like Play Dough: The Shape of Motherhood in the Grip of God
In the squash and squeeze of a mommy's day, could God be shaping something beautiful? In this spiritual memoir, Goyer invites women to discover the extraordinary in the ordinary! Learn to see God's hand lovingly at work in every aspect of your life---from laundry-folding to the umpteenth reading of Goodnight Moon.
Read Endorsements for Blue Like Play Dough!
“I couldn’t put Blue Like Play Dough down. Tricia’s love of God comes through on every page as she shows what motherhood is like when God wields his rolling pin and smoothes the rough edges of her life. Before you know it, your heart will be putty in God’s hands, too.” — Ginger Kolbaba, editor, Today's Christian Woman
“With fresh, disarming honesty, Tricia Goyer gives us a glimpse into the challenges of motherhood and womanhood as we know it oh-so-well. She then gently nudges us to remain pliable in the hands of the One who is deliberate in His plans for us. A surrendered life is a beautiful life. Thanks, Tricia, for giving us an authentic picture of what that sort of life looks like.” — Robin Jones Gunn, best-selling author of the Christy Miller Series and the Sisterchicks series
“A hopeful book that moms will relish, Blue Like Playdough is an honest, peel-back-the-covers look at the creative way God shapes us through childhood and parenthood. Tricia Goyer explores her own weaknesses along the journey, revealing her desire to serve the God who forms strength and joy and perseverance within her. A compelling, fresh read.” — Mary E. DeMuth, author of Authentic Parenting in a Postmodern Culture
“I didn’t even know I needed to read this book until I found myself weeping as Tricia’s story reached right into my mothering heart. Part memoir and part self-help, Blue Like Play Dough is a must read for every mother who has ever doubted her purpose. An honest, hopeful read that will hearten moms no matter what stage of motherhood they are in.” — Tina Ann Forkner, author of Ruby Among Us and Rose House
“The best hostesses make you feel welcome in their home, a part of the family. Likewise, the best authors make you feel welcome as you visit them in the pages of their books. Tricia Goyer does that in Blue Like Play Dough as she invites you to come into her life and hang out with her family, and she doesn't apologize for the messiness of family life. Instead, with refreshing vulnerability and transparency, she shows us all that it’s okay to be imperfect in the hands of a God whose love for his own is perfect.” — Nancy Kennedy, author of Girl on a Swing and Lipstick Grace
“Tricia’s book is a masterpiece on motherhood—sculpted by her hands—shaped by her love for God.” — Margaret McSweeney, author of Pearl Girls ™: Encountering Grit, Experiencing Grace
Generation NeXt Marriage: The Couples Guide to Keeping it Together
Focus on the Family Interview Part One & Part Two
A marriage book for today's couples!
In Generation NeXt Marriage, Tricia talks about our marriage role models, our struggles, and what we're doing right as a generation. The book also offers creative ways to hold our marriages together.
Do you still find yourself humming the love songs of the 80s and 90s? Do you still believe that every marriage should be between soul mates? But...do you wonder how you can succeed at love and marriage when the generation you grew up in didn’t?
Marriage isn’t what it used to be–it can be better than ever.
If you are a Gen Xer, your marriage has challenges and potentials that no other generation has known. A Gen Xer herself, Tricia Goyer offers realistic help to achieve the God-honoring marriage you long for. She includes…
- Ways to protect your marriage despite the broken relationships modeled in your youth
- Stories, suggestions, and confessions from fellow Gen Xers facing the “What now?” question of real-life marriage
- Advice from the ultimate marriage survival guide: the Bible
- Stats, quizzes, sidebars, and study questions related to this “relationally challenged” time in history
- Practical helps for negotiating kids, work, sex, money, and dirty laundry–sometimes all in the same evening
If you are part of a generation of adults who don’t want to bow to their culture or live and love like their parents did . . . this book is for you.
Read Endorsements for Generation NeXt Marriage!
“Where do Gen Xers find the priceless principles to make a marriage work? Most didn’t get them in the homes they grew up in, and they didn’t get them from the TV or movies they watched or music lyrics they listened to. But Tricia Goyer, an Xer herself, offers real help and real hope for the Gen X marriage and insightful truths for all who work or minister to those in the Gen X age group.“— Pam Farrel, best-selling author of Men Are Like Waffles–Women Are Like Spaghetti, Red-Hot Monogamy, and The First Five Years
“Generation NeXt Marriage is a much-needed marriage manual for a generation ready to make the most of marriage. Thoughtful, interactive, well researched, and exceptionally relevant for couples who want to thrive in their marriages, this book is a must for beginning and continuing young couples.” — Elisa Morgan, CEO, MOPS International and publisher, FullFill magazine
“Tricia Goyer refuses to play the ‘blame game.’ This extraordinary Gen Xer, raised in a blended family, steps up to the plate and speaks to ALL generations…but especially to her own. She is gifted and blunt. She shares that it’s time to really LIVE and LOVE YOUR HUSBAND GOD'S WAY…and tells the reader just how to do that. Tricia is young enough to be my daughter and wise enough to be my mentor. This book is GenXcellent!” — Nancy Cobb, author of How to Get Your Husband to Listen to You
“You’ll fall in love with your spouse and Tricia Goyer in this powerful and well-researched expose on marriage. Goyer goes deep, sharing intimate issues of her own love story as well as interviews with fellow Gen Xers and excerpts from the best of Christian marriage authors. She tops it off with a thought-provoking Bible study sure to help any marriage.” — Elaine W. Miller, author of Splashes of Serenity: Bathtime Reflections for Drained Wives and Splashes of Serenity: Bathtime Reflections for Drained Moms
“Generation NeXt Marriage is a transparent, authentic look at modern marriage for Gen Xers. Author Tricia Goyer is warm and friendly, offering teaching without preaching as she shares her own struggles and lessons she’s learned the hard way. The book is a fun read for those born in the ’60s, ’70s, and early ’80s as it contains many references to songs, movies, and books they will remember and relate to. I will be recommending this book to many couples!” — Nancy Kennedy, author of Girl on a Swing and Lipstick Grace
Generation NeXt Parenting: A Savvy Parent's Guide to Getting it Right
Learn the Story behind the Book
Get Real, Become Focused, Begin Thriving!
You're a generation of parents aspiring to excellence in every way, but you're also just plain tired. You don't need another parenting book promising perfection or another formula guaranteeing great kids; you need practical advice that shows how to deal with your and your children's hearts.
If you're worn out from trying to do too much while giving your child every opportunity under the sun, if you're striving to excel in every way but suffering from a lack of focus, this book is your solution.
Generation NeXt Parenting will help you understand how your specific tendencies are common to your generation as a whole. You'll embrace the positive qualities that enable you to parent for God's glory. Lay a firm foundation and thrive as you raise up the next generation!
3:16 The Numbers of Hope - Teen Edition by Max Lucado with Tricia Goyer
Based on the beloved verse of John 3:16, Max Lucado brings insight to help teens apply this important teaching to their lives.
3:16 is certain to be one of Max's most important titles ever. The book is packaged with a white silicone bracelet with 3:16 printed for a dramatic effect and will be a tremendous conversation starter and outreach tool for teens.
Max offers his unique and simple storytelling for this important message while Tricia Goyer writes teen responses to Max's message, guiding teens to fully understand how this verse can impact their lives. From confession to praise, these responses are sure to bring an insightful look into the personal faith of teens.
My Life Unscripted: Who's Writing Your Life?
Using the metaphor of screenwriting, My Life, Unscripted explores relationships in every teenage girl's life-with herself, her friends and enemies, her parents, guys, and with God.
Real-life scripts, screenwriting terms, and timely topics, make this an interesting read for teen girls as they delve into their own inner struggles and outward relationships. They'll also learn the importance of "scripting" their own responses BEFORE challenging life-situations arise, so they are able to think about, pray about, and consider how to face these situations before the scene begins. By contrasting real-life with TV or movies, teens discover they don't have to get caught up in the drama.
During a contest in 2008 teens made My Life Unscripted Videos for a chance to win an iPod. Here is one of the fun entries: Ruthcel
Life Interrupted: The Scoop on Being a Young Mom
Download FREE Life Interrupted Curriculum for teen mom support groups
Many young moms between the ages of fourteen and twenty-two face the unique challenges of juggling school and single parenthood. Life Interrupted offers hope and help with practical ways to create a better life for herself and her child.
Inspired by the best-selling What Every Mom Needs, this book addresses nine basic needs and explains why they must be met.
Compilations featuring stories by Tricia Goyer
Mornings with Jesus 2012: Daily Encouragement for Your Soul
"Be still and know that I am God" is one of the most beautiful verses from the Bible, but it's not easy to practice in this busy world. Mornings with Jesus will help you do just that "be still" in Jesus' beautiful and powerful presence.
For those who are seeking a deeper experience in their relationship with Christ, Mornings with Jesus offers a fresh perspective of who Jesus is (the Healer, the Son of God, the Comforter, the Good Shepherd) and what that means for day-to-day life.
With a warm and friendly voice, 365 short devotional writings on the character and teachings of Jesus encourage readers to greet each day by drawing near to Him and inviting His presence into their day.
Spend time with Jesus at the beginning of each day and experience His nearness and peace in a new way throughout the year.
"God's Plan... Not Mine" in Pearl Girls: Encountering Grit Experiencing Grace
When God made it clear that He wanted me to help young women facing crisis pregnancies, it wasn't about how successful I could become in life.
Instead, God's plan was about what He wanted to do in the world around me.
Be sure to check out Tricia's Coming Soon, Historical and Contemporary books,
or download a bibliography of all her books.