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...
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