More Beautiful Than Necessary

Bring the pizza. Buy the book.

Learning to listen to myself/God.

Jun 12 • Tresta Payne

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May 2026

A note about why writers hate AI

For readers who maybe don't understand all the hullabaloo

May 25 • Tresta Payne

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I want to tell you my wonders

and I also want to tell you about my book ; )

May 2 • Tresta Payne

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April 2026

Do You Trust God?

“Woe to the one who argues with his Maker.” Isaiah 45.9

Apr 21 • Tresta Payne

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All the beautiful things I want to do

Borrowing from friends

Apr 11 • Tresta Payne

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A Hundred Ways to Tell the Story

You have told His story a hundred different ways and I hope you keep trying.

Apr 4 • Tresta Payne

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March 2026

Contentment, Felicity, and Tiny Vacations

Finding a "fuller harvest of satisfactions"

Mar 20 • Tresta Payne

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Temporary Fixes and Partial Solutions

and things that won't look good on Zillow

Mar 14 • Tresta Payne

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February 2026

Is it balance we want?

A Five Things essay written while struggling with a cold.

Feb 27 • Tresta Payne

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Truth is too much to bear without goodness and beauty.

A book update and a word about trying to control life

Feb 20 • Tresta Payne

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Rest, attention, and other disciplines that teach us to receive the presence of God

Whenever I begin to pay a little attention, a vortex opens up and draws everything in, all things seeming related, relevant; all conversations tying…

Feb 6 • Tresta Payne

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January 2026

Proportional Anxiety

It’s not that I don’t know what to do. I just get tired of making myself do it, you know?

Jan 9 • Tresta Payne

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