How to Write a Book About The Color of God's Love

Welcome back to Collide Kids Podcast! Listen as host, Christen Clark dives into the first of five inspiring conversations as part of the April book theme. Today’s feature is Xochitl Dixon, a gifted writer for "Our Daily Bread" and "God Hears Her," as well as a new children's book author. Her journey to faith began at the age of 30, as you was influenced by receiving "Our Daily Bread" devotionals from her husband's parents as a non-believer. She will share the miraculous ways God has touched her life throughout the episode.As a person with a disability and chicano background, Xochitl brings unique perspectives to her writing. This episode will explore how her challenging childhood shaped her intention to create a safe space for kids through storytelling, her innovative use of colors to translate emotions, and discuss her anticipated works such as "Wonderfully Marvelously Brown," a book celebrating the beauty of diverse skin tones. Also, don't miss the special Spring giveaway happening this April, with details available on social media. The episode promises to be a heartwarming journey into Xochitl Dixon's story of finding strength in God's everlasting love. Kids Only Segment featuring Henry!Special thanks to our editor Jay Lee from provisionpods.com !Clip Finder:The Essence of Daily Devotions: "So, devotions is just basically teaching God's word in a short form. Our daily bread is a very short form...  what you're trying to do is put hope into people. And what I love about Our Daily Bread is that we dig into scripture, and that's what I love to do. I love to teach the word of God."— Xochitl Dixon [00:06:53 → 00:07:28]The Journey to Publishing a Healing Children's Book: "But it was in the perfect time when our world was kind of being torn apart and divided with racial tension. And this was a book that became the healing balm that people needed."— Xochitl Dixon [00:10:38 → 00:10:47]Embracing Diversity: "We're all different, so let's come together. Let's be what God intended, the family, God's family that is intentionally created to be different and diverse, because that's what the Bible says. We're all supposed to be different, you know?"— Xochitl Dixon [00:10:51 → 00:11:04]Transcending Emotion Stereotypes Through Color: "He showed us how to process them. And one of the things I like to do in this book is show how each color can kind of represent an emotion and how we can bring that emotion to God and how it's not necessarily the emotion that you would expect."— Xochitl Dixon [00:15:36 → 00:15:50]Spiritual Nurturing of Children: "And so one of the things I want to do is remind people, including adults, that kids, they're not miniature half disciples. They're full fledged disciples if they've given their life to Christ."— Xochitl Dixon [00:16:28 → 00:16:40]Embracing The Storm: "kids are afraid of storms, you know, I was afraid of storms in Wisconsin because that's a whole different kind of storm."— Xochitl Dixon [00:19:34 → 00:19:40]Healing Through Writing: "I had to face some things that I thought were healed when I first started this book, and I had to really face some things."— Xochitl Dixon [00:22:06 → 00:22:13]Inspiring Young Minds to Embrace Faith: "And I just felt like God reminded me that he's enough, that his presence is enough, and that knowing him is enough. But to know him, I got to know his word."— Xochitl Dixon [00:24:20 → 00:25:06] Bark proactively works to monitor, detect, and alert you to potential issues on your kids' devices. Visit bark.us to learn more about how you can keep your kids safe online. Use the code COLLIDEKIDS to get 15% off Your Bark Technologies Plan !Support the show