Each Christmas season our church group participates in blessing a lower-income school with gifts for each one of the children. It takes much preparation and the generosity of many church members to pull this event off, but the outcome is pure joy! I love seeing the trailers fill up with the brightly wrapped boxes filled …
A different type of blog post today: my first podcast! Join me and my hosts from Ideas Out Loud as we discuss relevant topics in Women’s ministry as well as issues that women face in their everyday lives. https://soundcloud.com/april-barnhill-rodgers/ideas-out-loud-podcast-april-rodgers
Dear 20-year-old Self, Happy Birthday, Love! You look so cute today in your Kappa Delta party shirt strutting around ULM…oops, I mean NLU’s campus. Isn’t college so much fun? Yeah, I know. Maybe you should pump the brakes on those late nights out though. Just a suggestion. 😉 You’re a Junior in college now and …
My graduation from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary was just a little over a week ago and in case you couldn’t tell from my social media posts, I’m just a little excited to be done! I thought I would share with you, Dear Reader, a few things that I have learned these past three years while …
I’ve never been one to get the “Back to School Blues.” I always loved the butterflies of the first day of school, carefully planning my outfit and making sure that my backpack was ready to go with my freshly sharpened pencils. I couldn’t wait to meet up with my friends in the hallway and hear all …
(Disclaimer: This post is neither meant to endorse nor condemn any of the following mentioned reality shows.) As Americans we can agree on one thing: We love our Reality TV. Why is it that each week we are willing to be glued to the television, faithfully setting our DVR so that we won’t miss a single …
We hardly ever see snow here in the deep south. But this week it actually did snow and our kids have been out of school for three days now. Here are some lessons learned during all this time of togetherness: Lesson 1: Snow angels made in icy slush do not have the same effect as those …
I don’t consider myself a gourmet cook, but I do enjoy the art of cooking…when I have the time. Growing up, my mom was a houdini of sorts in the kitchen. She rarely had a plan, but somehow we always ended up with a tasty and hot meal at dinnertime. Of course, to my detriment, …
