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Register here: https://moody.regfox.com/aspiring-authors-workshop

*(Here’s a post where I share more about my job: http://www.trillianewbell.com/2020/04/16/personal-update-joining-team-moody-publishers/)

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Starting May 3rd, join us as we learn to run back to our Savior while working through A Great Cloud of Witnesses. For 6 weeks, we will dwell on Hebrews 11 and study the lives of flawed yet faithful servants who endured great suffering, obeyed the Lord, and in some instances, were even killed for their faith.

Join us as we fix our eyes on the One who sustains us and keeps us. I can’t wait to study the Bible with you!

You don’t want to miss it! Sign up here: https://www.moodypublisherswomen.com/great-cloud-of-witnesses-bible-study/

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But not only do you receive a deep discount on bulk orders, I’ve also provided a Creative God, Colorful Us Leaders Guide with your order to help you as you teach the next generation. You can learn more and download it here: http://www.trillianewbell.com/creative-god-colorful-us/leader-guide/.

I hope that these resources are a blessing to you! Next week, I’ll be sharing unique ways you can utilize Creative God, Colorful Us in your ministry to students.

For the discount at Moody Publishers orders can be placed by calling Customer Service at (800)678-8812

To download your Leaders Guide head to: http://www.trillianewbell.com/creative-god-colorful-us/leader-guide/

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But I want to keep learning and growing here. So, I’ve asked a friend to help us.

Palmer Williams is an international human rights lawyer, mom of three, and founder of a school called King’s Academy. She also has paraplegia.

I’m delighted that my friend, Palmer, is here for this interview to help us today.

(Note: this video is a little glitchy and I freeze at times but you should be able to listen along when it’s frozen)

Learn more and grab a copy of Creative God, Colorful Us: https://youtu.be/13ozITsdo5M

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She did! It’s beautiful, and I’m so glad you get to meet her today.

Enjoy this interview with the young and talented Chase Williamson.

Have a look at some of the paintings and how they came to life:

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But there are times, like today, when the children teach us. In this video, listen to the simple yet profound answers these wonderful children give to questions related to the themes and teaching in Creative God, Colorful Us.

Enjoy this fantastic video:

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Entertainment and History combined: 

Cicely Tyson, an incredibly talented and versatile actress, died on Jan 28. She was 96.  We decided this would be a good time to watch her film that earned her an Oscar nomination, “Sounder.”  I won’t tell you everything about the movie but set in 1933 Louisiana; it does highlight the injustice of the prison system, inequality in education, and the labor-intensive life of sharecroppers.

The movie is also filled with history and literature. Women read from W.E.B. Du Bois, and talked about Harriet Tubman and Crispus Attucks. And I loved the depiction of a strong Black marriage and family that loved each other deeply and longed to see everyone thrive. To see that was on the big screen in 1972, when the film was made, encourages me.

]Food: 

We ate at a Nashville favorite: Prince’s Hot Chicken. While there, I got to chat with the owner, Ms. Andre Prince Jeffries, the original owner Thorton Prince’s great-niece. It is a Black-owned business founded in 1945. The story goes that Thorton Prince believed her husband was cheating, so instead of confronting him, she wanted to feed him extra-spicy chicken. Thinking she was about to stick it to him, she fed it to him and surprise, he loved it! I don’t know what happened to the marriage, but I do know that she went on to make that chicken for the general public.

At home, we ate recipes out of Bibi’s Kitchen featuring recipes from African grandmothers. This week’s meals were by Ma Gehennet from Eritrea. One was a delicious beef stew called, Firfir. Delicious! And a stewed spinach dish called Zebhi Hamili. Thern and the kids loved these dishes!

Next week’s theme is music!

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Here’s a look inside:

Chapter 1: God Made You (and He made your friends, too!)

Chapter 2: When Everything Went Wrong

Chapter 3: Our Wonderful Rescuer

Chapter 4: More than Getting Along

Chapter 5: A Surprising, Colorful Family

Chapter 6: We Are Different, We are Also the Same

Chapter 7: Our Forever Friends

Be on the lookout for more information and resources to serve you! Check out my page to see a variety of ways you can purchase Creative God, Colorful Us: http://www.trillianewbell.com/creative-god-colorful-us/

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God could have made us all exactly the same, but He didn’t. And our differences are good!

As His children, those called by God to belong to His family, we can actually use our differences to help each other. Here’s some more great news: There are no rules about how we look or sound to be in His family. We have a delightfully different family on purpose.

Every person is made by God, in His image, and therefore is equal in value and worth.

 Kids, somehow, already know this to be true.

This short, colorful book (written with grade-schoolers in mind) will share the truth of God’s Word with them. The truth about how we were made with differences, how we sinned, how God rescued us, and how—if we understand that God’s diverse creation will be together in Heaven—it should motivate us to love one another on earth!

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Last year we cooked through the book Jubilee. Delicious!

Each week we focused on an artist, inventor, historian, musician, or someone related to the recipe’s region of origin. It was a blast!

This year we are taking a different approach. Instead of studying history, we are going to walk through it.

We are focusing our attention on experiencing Black history. Here’s a weekly guide to our Black History Month celebration:

 Week 1) We will trace the steps of the Nashville sit-ins through a self-guided tour provided by the city.

 Week 2) We are visiting the new African American Music Museum here in Music City.

 Week 3) We will learn negro spirituals led by my friend and worship leader Tammy Bulluck (via zoom!)

 Week 4) We will make our way to a famous Black-owned business in town, likely Prince’s Hot Chicken.

But don’t you dare thinking cooking won’t be involved!

Since the experiences will focus on African American culture, I thought it would be fun to focus the food on Africa. Each week I’ll be cooking through In Bibi’s Kitchen: The Recipes and Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight African Countries that Touch the Indian Ocean.

 Each week I’ll share what we did and a taste of what we learned.

 Join us!

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