Ruth Baker

Ruth is a single mum of two beautiful boys and works as an environmental consultant for a firm Sydney. She also blogs at 'Meet Me Where I Am', which is aimed at real Christians living messy lives, but with an extraordinary God. Ruth is also a graduand from Sydney Missionary and Bible College.

What I’m Reading Right Now

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I came to Christianity late. In real terms, I met Jesus in God’s own time. But in terms of my temporal existence, I was already in my 30s and, as a young Christian, I felt really behind in understanding the church, church history, theology, how we…

Simplicity is Best

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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.…

Bible Reading with Ruth Baker

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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…

How I came to know Jesus – Ruth Baker

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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…

Where I go when faith feels dry

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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…