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.

The West as a mission field

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This is the first article in a two-part series. Here, I show that in the West, our local communities are mission fields. In part 2, we’ll look at how we can examine ourselves and our suburbs to better connect with people as part of our long-term mission.…

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…