When love catches you unawares
I’ve been watching Call the Midwife. For some reason my brain has been craving a sweet drama that is about simpler times and where nice things happen to good people and nasty people always ge…
Ruth Baker
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What women can achieve when we group together
Emily Cobb recently wrote an article for The Gospel Coalition Australia called The Worth of A Woman. In it, Emily said “why we don’t spend some time celebrating the ways women are servants of…
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The single biggest reason I believe the resurrection of Christ
I’ve been dipping back into the book Jesus Freaks again. It gives short stories of people who have suffered for the faith, in just a couple of pages each. These are people across the ages, in…
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This year just sort of happened and I don’t know how I feel except not great
It’s New Year’s Eve. I’m sitting with the kids and thought I should have a moment with them to reflect on the year and look forward with gratitude and hope to next year (because that’s what mums on…
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What I learned about Christmas from being stuck in Azerbaijan
It was an indicator in the cockpit that said there was smoke in the cargo hold. We were flying from Sydney to London and were 10 hours into the second leg when the plane did a 180 degree turn. We d…
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What’s the latest on whether we should be stay at home mums or career women?
It happens with so many things. Two positions. Poles apart. Good reasons for each. But most of us somewhere in the middle just trying to do life. Women working versus staying at home is just such a…
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I suspect mainly women will read this book. That would be a mistake.
“Complementarianism” and “egalitarianism” are often seen as women’s issues. If you’re not familiar with the terms, in bumper-sticker style summary, complementari…
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You think you couldn’t do it. But you could.
Church was amazing this morning. You know those times when the Bible passage and the sermon just speak straight into you? Its like your heart has ears. It lifts you up. You walk away lighter. Stron…
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Why did God create men and women with different sexual appetites?
I’ve written before about sexual coercion in marriage. Since writing it, it has been the blog that people have accessed most by far. I’d then followed it up with a two part series on a …
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Does the Bible allow important men to do whatever they want?
This is a provocative question. Some might read it and react strongly one way or another – no, of course not! Or, yes, I’ve seen it happen. What muddies the water on questions like this…
