An unsung artist and missionary whose story unlocks many doors

John Ruskin loomed large over an art world and a culture wrestling with both truth and beauty

Trotter’s mission was part of the exploding nineteenth-century evangelization of North Africa

Trotter’s evangelization of Sufi Muslims fit within a larger context of Muslim-Christian relations

Some of Trotter’s friends, colleagues, and mentors

Lilias Trotter’s life intersected many trends in Victorian art, culture, mission, and service work

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Trotter loved art but loved Jesus more

Hope in Christ for your soul’s next grace

Lilias Trotter and George MacDonald

Organizing laypeople for piety and service in the Nineteenth Century

What it means to be born again

A life of art and service. Trotter’s experiences amid the cultural and missional currents of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Like Trotter, Amy Carmichael blazed her own missionary trail 

Christ for the Sufis

An ocean of grace and love and power lying all around us

After she resolved the role of art in her life, Trotter went back to her London work with renewed fervor and dedication.

Read more about the life and work of Lilias Trotter, and about Victorian art, piety, and mission, in these resources recommended by our authors and CH staff.

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