Ruth Baker - Australian Church Record

Simplicity is Best

May 11, 2023May 10, 2023 by Ruth Baker

I often feel like such a completely useless mother. In my mind I should be beatifically teaching my angelic children from a variety of devotions, all age appropriate, all leading sequentially from one to the other and all working like a dream.…

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Supporting Christian mums returning to paid work

February 2, 2023February 2, 2023 by Ruth Baker

Mum guilt. It’s a term most of us are familiar with and it’s something that can permeate through lots of parenting choices, from the style of discipline a mum might opt for, even to taking time out of the chaos to have a coffee. But the guilt seems…

Christian Living Youth & Kids

Bible Reading with Ruth Baker

December 13, 2022December 13, 2022 by Ruth Baker

Ruth, can you tell us a bit about yourself, how you came to follow Jesus and who is in your family? I’m 50 years old, living in western Sydney and I’ve been a Christian for about 15 years. I’m a single mum of two boys aged 10 and 12, and two dogs aged 1 and…

Christian Living

How I came to know Jesus – Ruth Baker

September 21, 2021September 21, 2021 by Ruth Baker

Memories can feel like a series of hazy vignettes—snippets of people, places, conversations and feelings. In my case, it’s a two-up-two-down in the north of England and playing with the other kids in the street. A gap year in Ireland, goat herding…

Christian Living Youth & Kids

What I pray for my kids – with Ruth Baker

April 29, 2021April 29, 2021 by Ruth Baker

I have a Christopher Robin and a Tigger. My eldest son is mild, kind and wise. My younger son bounces around and never stops. I thank God for them daily, even when one is being the Minister for Justice and the other is being a crazy stuntman. Among…

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Where I go when faith feels dry

April 22, 2021April 22, 2021 by Ruth Baker

I don’t always see it coming. But some days just creep up on me where I know my faith feels lacking. Not absent—just sucked of its life. Dry, dusty, like Miss Havisham’s dining room. Sometimes it happens when I’ve let life get in the way: work, parenting…

Christian Living Complementarianism

Expressing godly womanhood in a secular workplace

March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 by Ruth Baker

Editor’s note: This article is a personal reflection from a woman exploring how a complementarian understanding of men and women in Scripture might apply to her own working life. It does not seek to outline or defend the complementarian position…