by lisa rippy | Jan 4, 2018 | Blog
What we need more than anything in our life are not more goals, but we ned defined ABSOLUTES! I hope you will share this post with your friends and family, and we all join together in this journey in understanding how we can live in greater freedom, abiding joy, and...
by lisa rippy | Jan 3, 2018 | Blog
Rip and I drove up to the Harvey’s restaurant in Tupelo, parked the car and went inside to get a booth … grinn’n like an opossum! I texted her just as soon as we sat down to let her know we had made it and to call when she got there. It wasn’t...
by lisa rippy | Jan 1, 2018 | Blog
The house is so quiet. Just like it is every January 1. No TV. Nothing but the hum of the refrigerator. Phone is off. Feet are up. And I’m taking a break from some reading to share a little with you that (I pray) just might be some encouragement for you. It has...
by lisa rippy | Dec 14, 2017 | Blog
“And Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David,” Luke 2:4. This is probably the most familiar story in all of Christianity...
by lisa rippy | Dec 13, 2017 | Blog
Mississippi Christmas. My gracious…just saying those two words floods my mind with memories and magnolia wreathes, evergreen stems and pine cones. With gingerbread and sugar cookies all iced and covered with sprinkles, with mounds of marshmallows in a Santa mug...
by lisa rippy | Dec 6, 2017 | Blog
Isn’t it something how … you change one word, just one small word, simply change just one preposition to something else and an entire emotion can instantly be colored with bright hues of renewed hope? You see, I was told lately that there is this...
by lisa rippy | Dec 1, 2017 | Blog
Advent is the time of year that leads up to Christmas. Traditionally it’s been observed with certain rituals by Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans, and Methodists. However, it’s been just through recent years that Advent celebrations of one type or another...
by lisa rippy | Nov 30, 2017 | Blog
While having my quiet time, I asked the Lord, “What is Your will for my life?” You see, the season of life I’m in right now has been very challenging for me lately. And that one question was actually summing up a real need in my heart. The Holy...
by lisa rippy | Nov 29, 2017 | Blog
My phone rang as I was pulling out of the driveway yesterday and it was someone that I have just recently been able to meet and spend a wee bit of time with. Her name is Cathy Sims, and she was calling to let me know that she was sitting in my office waiting for me to...
by lisa rippy | Nov 28, 2017 | Blog
When 8:30am came yesterday, I had no idea until I walked into my neighbor’s home what an absolutely stunning and very welcoming home she had. I drive by her home every single day and Rip has provided some home care services for them, but it was when she swung...
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