Get The Elephant off Your Chest

“For do I now persuade men, or God”  Or do I seek to please men?  For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.”  Galatians 1:10 You’ve seen the commercial for a certain type of inhaler.  A person with Asthma or COPD is...

The Gathering Place

What exactly is a “gathering place?” Some may think it’s the family room. And it can be. Some may think it’s the dining room. And it could be. Some may think it’s the parents bed! And for families with young children, 9 times out of 10,...

Pull Me Out

“Come let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother and oru flesh.”  And his brothers listened.  Then Midianite traders passed by; so the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to...

7 Acres Mart

7 Acres Mart is our new online store starting with only 2 inspirational items that Lisa refers to as “happies” for your home. The abbreviated name of their new store is: 7AM — the time of day when Rip and Lisa get crankin’!  So, 7AM is...

The Fleece

“So Gideon said to God, “If you will save Israel by my hand as You have said look, I shall put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor’ if there is dew on the fleece only, ant it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that you will save Israel...

From Lisa – Welcoming Fall In Our Home

It’s fall and the leaves are changing colors to so many shades of reds, plums, warm yellows and browns that I find myself walking around our land gathering up bits and pieces of nature in my basket. The way I love to welcome a new season in our home, is to bring...