Ridley’s Blog

I started my President’s Day as I do most every other. Lisa and I prayed together and talked briefly about how our day looked. Then, I turned on my computer to sit down and check email and read the paper. The kids are out of school so it’s a pretty leisurely day and there’s no …

With Lisa and I spending time on the road these days, we’ve found it increasingly important to guard our time for the kids when we are home. I love the fact that, when we are home, we are able to arrange our schedule around ballgames and meetings and snuggle times on the couch. Lisa and …

So Sunday night I settled into the bed after a long weekend and flipped on the TV. Like most other nights, there wasn’t anything that I was particularly interested in watching. So I flipped to ESPN and left it on the basketball game. Then I grabbed a book I was reading and turned to where …

I got to do one of my favorite things yesterday by hanging out with a good friend of mine. I won’t share his name because he might be embarrassed for you to know that he was with Pastor Ridley yesterday. He’s a 7th grader with an incredible mind and a beautiful personality. Let me tell …

I’ve been following recent events at Vanderbilt University here in Nashville for the last few days. Honestly, I had not heard much about what was going on until I noticed a friend’s status on Facebook. Then, I caught the major portion of the story on that evening’s local news. Let me give you a quick …

I am a firm believer that marriages do not exist just for our pleasure. When marriage is done right–done the way God intended–then a man and a woman are put together for a purpose. I believe that many marriages lose hope because they lose sight of their purpose or they never find their purpose in …

Search for the LORD and for his strength;        continually seek him.   Remember the wonders he has performed,        his miracles, and the rulings he has given, Psalm 105:4-5 NLT Looking back to the months just after our accident, I am convinced that the largest part of my healing (and that of my kids) came from the …

I’m sitting in the honeymoon suite of a hotel in Billings, Montana. The sweet people at the hospital we’re working with this week put us up in this room on purpose. They found out that the last time Lisa and I were in Montana was our first honeymoon, a mission trip to Montana with about …

My wife has accused me consistently of being a chocolate chip cookie addict. To that accusation, I reply, “Did someone say cookies?” It’s true I love a good, soft, warm chocolate chip cookie (don’t give me the hard bricky ones). I think it has to do with fond memories from childhood. My mom, my aunts …

Yesterday was one of those crazy days where you look at the clock and wonder where the hours have gone. With the release of the book, our kids getting back into school and our preparation for our upcoming events, it seems like we are always going from one item on the list to the next. …