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A Few Things I Know About Suffering

Tricia Lott Williford January 26, 2016 2 Comments

I hate it when people think they know everything. Or even when someone has an inflated sense of what they [...]

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When You Know That You Know The Dream

Tricia Lott Williford January 21, 2016 1 Comment

First of all, let me just say that I’ve encountered a new phenomenon in my life: I’m dating a man [...]

The Big Magic of Living, Breathing Ideas

Tricia Lott Williford January 18, 2016 No Comments

It’s possible that I think too small. Also, I’ve fallen in love with Elizabeth Gilbert’s book, Big Magic. It’s [...]

Christmas Eve: I Have A Song

Tricia Lott Williford December 24, 2015 7 Comments

Yesterday morning, I poured myself a cup of coffee, and I settled in with my journal, my Bible, my pens, [...]

Gatorade, Strawberries, and Theology

Tricia Lott Williford October 21, 2015 No Comments

My boy barged in the house like a thirsty dog, and he threw open the refrigerator door in search of [...]

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My Very Best

Tricia Lott Williford September 22, 2015 1 Comment

I read sometime ago about a woman who begins each day with a simple prayer: God, let me be the [...]

Variations on Psalm 13

Tricia Lott Williford June 28, 2015 9 Comments

The psalms are my favorite. Every emotion is represented in those songs and poems, and sometimes all of them at [...]

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The Honest Plea of Good Friday

Tricia Lott Williford April 3, 2015 4 Comments

Today is Good Friday. Today, Jesus whispers to my heart with new words. This Man of Sorrows knows such deep [...]

The Dance in Knowing

Tricia Lott Williford March 24, 2015 1 Comment

It’s great to be known. There is a dance in knowing – in the pursuit of the dozens of details. [...]

“I mean, feel guilty if you want to.”

Tricia Lott Williford March 11, 2015 No Comments

I’m pretty sure I was teetering under the weight of everything I carried into my mom’s house – the carseat, [...]

This, I am learning, is Life.

Tricia Lott Williford March 4, 2015 1 Comment

We deceive ourselves when we settle for appreciation instead of application. They are not the same thing. This reminds me [...]

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Everybody Needs An Elizabeth

Tricia Lott Williford March 3, 2015 No Comments

I think one of God’s greatest creations is women. That’s not a feminist statement or sexist statement, because – believe [...]

“I’m Out.” : What I Learned During My 47 Hours Of Lent.

Tricia Lott Williford February 20, 2015 4 Comments

My author friend Becky says, “I’ve never been a Lenty Person, growing up as I did in the south where [...]

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To Be Loved So Much

Tricia Lott Williford February 4, 2015 11 Comments

My heart has been gripped by a love story that happened during the Hungarian Uprising in the 1950s. There was a [...]

Thinking About Not Thinking

Tricia Lott Williford February 2, 2015 1 Comment

I don’t know how to ‘clear my mind.’ Sometimes it clears itself, more often than not in recent months. I [...]

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A Love Note in Her Pocket

Tricia Lott Williford January 12, 2015 6 Comments

“I don’t want to live anymore,” she wrote in an email to me. She said, “Our stories are very similar, [...]

Babies and Broncos and Listening for God

Tricia Lott Williford December 29, 2014 No Comments

“Mommy, I don’t know why I can never hear God.” A question that every single one of us has asked, [...]

This Is What It’s About. This Right Here.

Tricia Lott Williford November 17, 2014 11 Comments

It was bedtime, and together we were reading the story of Abraham and Isaac from The Jesus Storybook Bible. I [...]

Omnipotent: My Aha! Moment

Tricia Lott Williford November 3, 2014 No Comments

I opened my journal this morning to find that I haven’t written down my thoughts with pen and paper in [...]

Let Me Tell You Something About Sara Groves

Tricia Lott Williford October 30, 2014 No Comments

She stood so close to me with her hand on my arm. Her voice is so gentle and her words [...]

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