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Living by Faith Living by Faith with Trillia Newbell
December 20, 2025
Celebrating God's Gifts at Christmas
Charles Dickens said, It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child himself." In 1843, Charles Dickens penned a story—a classic Christmas tale full of ghosts and the endearing humbug Ebenezer Scrooge. It is a tale of greed, regret, loneliness, reflection, compassion, hope, and a joyfully changed life. Trillia Newbell talks with illustrator Joe Sutphin, who transformed this classic tale into Little Christmas Carol, illustrated with woodland characters for the whole family to enjoy. They'll talk about how this classic tale has impact on all of our lives on Living by Faith.
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IN THIS EPISODE
Joe Sutphin
Joe Sutphin is an illustrator and cartoonist of children’s books and graphic novels. His body of work includes the official graphic novelization of Richard Adams’s Watership Down, the re-envisioned editions of Little Pilgrim’s Progress and Little Christmas Carol, Andrew Peterson’s beloved Wingfeather Saga, and many others. His encounters with the creatures in the fields and woods around his home have shaped his art throughout his life. Joe lives in a barn in Ohio with his wife Gina and five incredible cats.
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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.
