Confessions, Convictions and Conversations with April S. Davenport

So many people begin the new year with new goals, new intentions and new desires, but what happens when all of that “newness” wears off or when the thrill is gone? What do you do when you aren’t as excited about starting anymore and you feel stuck in the middle? If you’re going to be serious about reaching the end or achieving your goal, you have to chart the entire journey and you have to gear up for the hurdles, obstacles and challenges that may come your way! You also have to take one day at a time and one step at a time. Our friend, Michelle Glover, joins the conversation to help us understand how we can start strong, but finish stronger! We want to make a good first impression, but we definitely want to leave a lasting impression!

Each day we are blessed to wake up, there is something or someone that competes with our attention, our perspective and our focus. How do we control everything that comes our way and minimize the distractions? We must be intentional and completely conscious regarding the distractions and we must learn to put our mind over anything that is in front of us or around us. Our minds control our bodies and weigh heavily upon our spirits so when we put mind over matter, we can begin to put daily practices in place and remain focused on the road ahead of us. Where is your mind and what truly matters to you? We are starting to settle into 2023, but we all need the right mindset if we are going to make this the best year ever! 

It’s a brand new year and we made it! We have a fresh year and you know what that means- you have an opportunity to create a fresh you! Every year, every week and every day truly is a fresh start so let’s use each day of 2023 to focus on being better and doing better. Isn’t that what we did when we spent time on the campus of FreshU in Season 5? Maybe we need a refresher course on why this year it’s more important than ever to focus on our self-love and self-worth this season and to remember why we are here. If you aren’t truly concentrated on giving God thanks and living your true purpose, then you won’t see the success in life you are meant to attain. This can be your best year yet, but it all begins with you. So embrace 2023 and let’s begin today knowing we have a FreshStart waiting for us!

The end of the year is here and it’s hard to believe that we have experienced another 365 days, but we are certainly grateful! Some are rejoicing, others are just happy to put this year to rest; and still others may feel stuck. Maybe 2022 is a blur and all of the prayers you prayed seem to be sitting in the Outbox because God has yet to respond. What do you do when you can’t seem to quite jump fully into your next season? You do whatever is possible to go from stuck to soaring! God is still ordering our steps even when we can’t measure our own progress. Every season won’t be full of massive overhaul, but to every season there is a purpose and as we close this year and enter 2023, God is ready to help each of His children go from stuck to soaring! Let’s go!

It’s Season 6 and WE ARE BACK! It’s been way too long and we are so excited to be back with our favorite people during our favorite time of the year! What a year it has been, and the end of the year affords us many privileges including preparing to celebrate the birth of our Savior, spending time with family and friends and reflecting on the highs and lows of the current year. What have been the greatest moments of your year? What have been the lowest moments? I’m a firm believer that when you look in the rearview mirror, you have to see everything in order to get a full view of what shaped you and molded you and it is only then you are able to move clearly forward into the future. Shout from your peaks, pray from your pits and from every vantage point, give God thanks! Let’s get this season started! 

What an amazing FreshStart summer it has been! What an incredible journey we have been on as we completed the first semester of FreshU! We began this season with the intention of changing ourselves, challenging ourselves and championing ourselves and I believe if we truly reflect upon what we have accomplished, we can honestly say we have all made real progress. However, the true moniker of change is not to be comfortable in what you have done, but to use your progress as motivation to keep going! We are going to celebrate the wins, the small steps, the path we are traveling and we are going to keep reading, keep breathing, keep living and keep going. We have come a long way after two years and five seasons, but we have so much further to go. So as we wrap this season, we encourage you to recharge, renew, refocus and refresh because when we come back for Season 6, it’s going to be greater! April, out!

Two years ago, my family and I faced the hardest challenge of our lives when we lost my sister suddenly and tragically. Some days it seems as if it happened yesterday and other days, it seems as if we’ve been spinning in circles for days. While I am so grateful that I had countless conversations with my sister, having had the privilege of speaking to her everyday and seeing her almost everyday; I can’t help but think about the conversations I won’t get to have with her and the times we won’t share. Every moment that passes, I think about what it would be like if she was still here. However, one thing is certain- she knew the Lord as her Savior and she fulfilled her purpose on this Earth. For this, we will always give God praise for her life and for her legacy.

It’s an amazing feeling to be TWO! I can’t believe we are celebrating two years of confessing who we are, living in our true convictions and having some of the best conversations with our favorite people, you- our army of warriors who are committed to becoming better, brighter and bolder for the world to see and for God to use in His kingdom. As we reflect on the last two years, we realize it’s only been God’s grace and the divine orchestration of His hand that has allowed us to reach this point, but we wouldn’t have it any other way. Come with us as we remember how we arrived at this point and we begin to chart where we are going because every milestone is just a reminder that we simply have a FRESHSTART!