Ridley’s Blog

Years ago, there was a song on the radio by Christan artist Clay Crosse entitled Give Him Roots. Clay was one of my favorite artists at the time so I heard this CD numerous times on trips and commutes back-and-forth to the office. The first line  to the chorus said: Give him roots, give him …

Did you ever arrive at an event or walk into a room of friends and get the feeling you walked in just a little too late? Did you ever get that feeling that you just missed the best punch line, the game-winning hit or the last appearance of a major star? I mean, it happens …

I am constantly thankful for messy people that God entrusts to Lisa and me. That may sound a little strange to say. It is not because Lisa and I don’t have enough mess of our own. As you can imagine, being the broken and frail humans that we are, we probably carry enough mess for …

Unless you’ve had your head buried in the sand the last couple of days, you’ve heard the horrible news of another school shooting–this time in Ohio. Let me start by saying that my heart goes out to the families of all those involved. For the ones whose children have died (there are now 2), my heart …

I’m not sure about where you are but in Middle Tennessee it feels like the early days of spring today. It’s rainy, gloomy and the upper 50s. It was a perfect day to stay in bed, watch old movies and cuddle with my favorite movie watcher (of course I mean Lisa). I didn’t get to …

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 …