The Book of Ruth: Love as a Verb
The Book of Ruth is LOVE. Love as a verb. Love as sacrifice. Love as honor. Love as faith in motion. From beginning to end, the story is drenched in loyalty, redemption, and divine setup. It’s only four chapters, but it carries the weight of a saga. Let’s walk through …
Download Free Little Troublemaker Activity Sheets for the Babies
One thing I’ve been doing lately is arts and crafts. I’ve been coloring, doing puzzles and basically getting back to the playful version of me who simply needs to escape the madness of the world. Sooo it was important for me to do something additional to accompany my latest book …
The Book of Judges: The Israelites are At Their Foolishness Again
If I had to subtitle the Book of Judges, it would be: The Israelites Are at Their Foolishness Again. Because the way they stay cutting up is next-level. Every time the leader God appointed died, they immediately forgot everything they learned. Like clockwork. They’d go from “We love God forever!” …
Love libraries? Here’s How To Support Them And Me For National Library Week
It’s National Library Week, and I LOVE LOVE LOVE libraries! In a library is where I got my first ever email address (shoutout to Harold Washington Library in downtown Chicago). And the work that librarians do is thankless! I’ve keynoted both the American Library Association AND the Public Library Association’s …
I Used To HATE the First Days of School
I used to HATE first days of school. 😩😩😩 Even though I’m chronically late, I would arrive a WHOLE HOUR early to go to all my classes early, and introduce myself to all my teachers. Why? Because I needed to tell them how to pronounce my name before they butchered …
Help Us Get 10,000 Copies of Little Troublemaker Defends Her Name into Classrooms
Imagine a world where every child feels SEEN, HEARD, and CELEBRATED exactly as they are. That’s the world we’re trying to build with my next children’s book, Little Troublemaker Defends Her Name. 📘 💖 This book isn’t just pages and pictures; it’s a love letter to every kid who’s ever …
The Book of Joshua: War, Google Maps and Monopoly
Sooo I just finished the book of Joshua, and it made perfect sense why Moses ain’t make it to the Promised Land. CUZ WHO GON DO ALL THIS FIGHTING AT 120 YEARS OLD?!? Get somebody else to do it! And that person wae Joshua, son of Nun. He was young …
Moses Giving the Israelites Behavior TED Talks: The Book of Deuteronomy
Sooo I just finished the book of Deuteronomy and it is simply a book of TED talk from Moses to the Israelites. In the first chapter, Moses gives recaps of their seasons in the wilderness. “Lemme tell y’all how we got here and why it took us 40 years to …
When You Can’t Trust A Room With Your Name: Little Troublemaker Defends Her Name
What happens when your name becomes a reason you have to stand up for yourself? Many of us grew up with names that teachers mispronounced and kids teased. When I was nine years old, we moved to the United States, and when I was pushed into this classroom to introduce …
My Business Tech Stack: 20 Essential Programs That Run My Company
I’ve been running my own company (Awe Luv Media) for 15 years, and the thing I know now more than ever is that the folks who excel in business have the RIGHT systems and tech stack in place. Because technology should be used to allow you to work smarter, not …