Rhonda Rhea

St. Louis

Columnist, Author, TV Personality at Freelance

#Author of 20+ books, #humor columnist Faves are: Jesus-following, family-chasing, loud-laughing. ...I'm talkin, LOUD.

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Redeeming the time, feather by feather

1 month ago | mbcpathway.com | Rhonda Rhea

I remember when I was a young night owl, poking merciless fun at any and all of the early birds in my life. What did they even get out of early-birding? Worms? I’ll take the extra sleep, thanks. Then I became an adult, and guess what happened. Nope, not that. Because, still not an early bird. But in a strange irony, not a night owl either. Present-day me would like a flock in the middle. Isn’t there a medium rare bird? Wait no, that sounds like a terrible idea.
Spirit-Sizzle - Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference

1 month ago | blueridgeconference.com | Rhonda Rhea |Heather Kreke

by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRheaI’m going to be honest here, I’m the kind of person who would like to get a new car every year. It’s not about having a fancy car, mind you. I don’t really care about that. The reason I need a new one is that unless the car is new, I have no real way of knowing how many fries are between the seats. One potato, two potato…I really don’t know. I only know it has to be too, too many potatoes. A few months in, can it even be called a potato anymore? Also, what’s that smell?
Sound the Alarm - Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference

2 months ago | blueridgeconference.com | Rhonda Rhea |Heather Kreke

by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRheaI’m all kinds of thankful that alarm clocks have come a long way. And by “come a long way,” I mean we hardly use them anymore. We now have phones to awaken us with our favorite song. Or a verse, a mantra, a cheer. Or with church bells. Or with hot coffee. Well probably not that last one. Yet. Waiting for an app for that. I’m hoping it’ll have a bacon feature. Waking up to those alarm clocks of yester-year was the equivalent of waking up to a tornado siren.
You be you being you

2 months ago | mbcpathway.com | Rhonda Rhea

Someone called me Super Woman the other day, and I received it. Practically caped it. It was completely undeserved and the cape altogether ill-fitting, and still: received it. Just so’s you know though, anytime I’m acting like I have everything all together, feel free to remind me that sometimes I still sing the song to find my way to the book of Ezra (she said, trying to smooth out the cape-wrinkles). I wonder if I’ve always been this…this…what’s the word? “Layered” maybe? Public me. Private me.
Christmas presence

Dec 23, 2024 | mbcpathway.com | Rhonda Rhea

Presents, presents, presents! Big, little, in-between—gimme all ‘dem presents! Yes, I’m that person. I openly tell people I’m that person, and I’m not even sorry about it. Know why? Because I get all the presents, and I love presents. You know those friends who “don’t really want a gift” around Christmas? I feel like those people don’t get me at all. And whether they get me or not, they highly disapprove of me and my present-want-y ways.
Getting a Line on Grace - Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference

Dec 6, 2024 | blueridgeconference.com | Rhonda Rhea |Heather Kreke

by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRheaI stood there looking at the car, shaking my head in utter disbelief. Disbelief and no small amount of judgment. That driver needed to be at least a little bit shamed. Pull the car in. Into the plainly marked spot. Put it between the two yellow lines. That’s all you had to do. It’s parking, not rocket science. How could anybody mess that up? I should mention at this point that it was me. I was the driver who had messy-parked that car. I messy-parked it big.
Perfect timing • Pathway

Nov 24, 2024 | mbcpathway.com | Rhonda Rhea

Epic battle going on with my toaster. The way the toaster should work: put in bread, push down lever. Wait. Then POP! Toast. But my toaster? I keep pushing the pop-up button only to find…bread. Not toast. Then I wait longer and pop it up to check again. Nope, still just bread. Very not toast. So I wait a little longer, pop it up again. Guess what pops up. Not bread. Nope, not toast either. It’s a thin, flat, smoking square of charcoal. No amount of jelly is going to fix a toast briquette.
Live untangled

Nov 3, 2024 | mbcpathway.com | Rhonda Rhea

I’m about to set you a little free. Get ready. Here it is: That drawer with all the random cords? You can let that whole thing go. The whole drawer-full. Do you even still have the devices, appliances, and various machineries that go with those cords? I didn’t think so. If you happened to actually need one of them, you know what you’d do. You would search on the internet, not in the drawer. You would order a new one, right?
Drawing Near - Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference

Nov 1, 2024 | blueridgeconference.com | Rhonda Rhea |Heather Kreke

by Rhonda Rhea @RhondaRhea“You know what it is, right?” It was years ago when my son handed me his drawing and asked me that question. And may I say, I handled it like a real pro. Actually no. I may not say that. Because I froze. Froze like a total mom-sicle. I couldn’t lie. But what kind of mom-monster crushes her little boy’s artist heart? Got. To. Figure. Out. What. This. Is. Nervous smile. Then, “Um, heh heh, well that part is definitely a Christmas tree.” That much had to be right.
Across the seasons

Oct 9, 2024 | mbcpathway.com | Rhonda Rhea

Anyone smell a sweet fall blustery-breezing its way in yet? Little hint, it’ll smell a lot like pumpkin spice. I love the signs and smells of a new season. When it comes to seasons, people can get a little weird about some parts. I once met a lady who only drank coffee in the winter. I want to tell her (with entirely too much blustering on my part) that it’s a cup of coffee. Not a wool scarf. Coffee is not a “white shoes after Labor Day” kind of thing. Which I’ve heard is also no longer a thing anyway.