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The Big Magic of Living, Breathing Ideas

Tricia Lott Williford February 7, 2023 No Comments

“Tell me about a book you’ve read more than once.” This is how you can find some of the best…

A Thousand Small, Glittering Kindnesses

Tricia Lott Williford December 23, 2022 No Comments

Today, I’ve been thinking about the time when we were on a layover at the airport and a young man…

A Few Days Later, Mary Hurried.

Tricia Lott Williford December 16, 2022 No Comments

A Few Days Later, Mary Hurried. These words lit up on the page today. I love when I see something…

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How To Help When You Don’t Know What To Do

Tricia Lott Williford December 9, 2022 No Comments

Some of you have written to me, asking me to write in response to the sadness that overwhelms, asking me…

The Artist’s Blessing

Tricia Lott Williford December 7, 2022 No Comments

My fellow artists, makers, thinkers, crafters, creatives, Have you ever wondered where your ideas come from? Whether they’re yours or…

Trees and Lights and Timing: Let It Be

Tricia Lott Williford November 16, 2022 No Comments

‘Tis the season for all the sparkly things. I live in a house divided, and the majority of us are…

Listen, I Know It Wasn’t Safe.

Tricia Lott Williford November 4, 2022 5 Comments

I was driving home on a cold November evening, when I pulled up to a stoplight at a busy intersection.…

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The Miracle of a Little Boy’s Lunch

Tricia Lott Williford October 30, 2022 3 Comments

Maybe it’s because I am forever a hostess at heart, and wherever there is a party there is also food…

Just Create: A Myth About Christian Art

Tricia Lott Williford October 29, 2022 1 Comment

What’s the deal with Christian art? Why is some of it – most of it – so boring, so two-dimensional?…

Thanks a lot, Eve.

Tricia Lott Williford October 28, 2022 6 Comments

I know Eve’s story. So do you. She’s the reason we have mosquito bites and skin cancer and miscarriages and…

The Thing about a Parade

Tricia Lott Williford April 10, 2022 5 Comments

I’ve been in my share of parades. Probably more than my share, actually. Marching band parades, down the main street…

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Coming This Sunday: A Brand New Class

Tricia Lott Williford January 6, 2022 2 Comments

I had spent a couple of years without a place to call home on Sunday mornings. There were no real…

Repeat the Sounding Joy

Tricia Lott Williford December 17, 2021 4 Comments

I have been thinking of the words, “Let every heart prepare him room.” As we prepare our homes, decorate our…

Even When He Doesn’t: A Piece with Ann Voskamp

Tricia Lott Williford June 21, 2021 No Comments

My husband (Peter) and I have two vastly different stories of faith miracles. He begged and pleaded with God from…

I Don’t Know How

Tricia Lott Williford April 2, 2021 4 Comments

I feel like I don’t know how to do Good Friday well enough. It feels like when I love someone…

A Riff on the Lord’s Prayer for a Morning Like This

Tricia Lott Williford January 7, 2021 11 Comments

Our Father, Father to all of us and each of us, Of those who violently stormed our nation’s capitol yesterday…

Thank you, Mary.

Tricia Lott Williford December 25, 2020 2 Comments

I remember when each of my boys was born, the sweet relief of holding them, meeting them, beginning this new…

This Book Is For You: Here’s the SCOOP!

Tricia Lott Williford November 17, 2020 4 Comments

Sometimes I like to pretend like I’m having coffee with you. This is one of those times.

Cheezits Communion

Tricia Lott Williford April 10, 2020 7 Comments

Every night, we have ice cream at 8:00. And some evenings, we have it at other times, because it’s 8:00…

When You Just Can’t Wait Another Day

Tricia Lott Williford April 7, 2020 No Comments

Don’t you love when a great podcast pops up in your feed? My friends Juli and Hannah invited me to…

You Are Safe Now

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