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December 13, 2025
Experiencing the Joy of Christmas
How do you experience Christmas joy? Was the wonder of Christmas greater as a child, or as a believer, do you experience that joy even more? Trillia Newbell talks with Ryan Whitaker Smith about his book, Winter Fire: Christmas with G.K. Chesterton and ways to experience the joy of this season on Living by Faith.
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Ryan Whitaker Smith
Ryan Whitaker Smith is an author and filmmaker from Nashville, Tennessee. His film projects include the romantic drama Surprised by Oxford, the documentary The Jesus Music, and a forthcoming adaptation of G. K. Chesterton's comic adventure The Ball and the Cross. He is coauthor, with Dan Wilt, of Sheltering Mercy and Endless Grace, two collections of prayers inspired by the Psalms. He's also written "Winter Fire: Christmas with G.K. Chesterton", offering a blend of faith, literature and personal reflection.
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Trillia Newbell
Trillia Newbell is the author of several books including, A Great Cloud of Witnesses, Sacred Endurance, If God is For Us, Fear and Faith, and the children's books, Creative God, Colorful Us and God's Very Good Idea. She is the host of the podcast 52 Weeks in the Word and hosts the weekly radio program Living by Faith from Moody Radio.
When she isn’t writing, she’s encouraging and supporting other writers as the Acquisitions Director at Moody Publishers. Trillia is married to her best friend, Thern, they reside with their two children near Nashville, TN where they enjoy hiking and eating lots of bbq.
