Renee has been blogging about the recent Gospel Coalition Women’s Conference. The worst thing about a conference of 3,800 women (apart from the noise of us talking after a session) is the queue for coffee. No, worse than the queue, was the coffee. Oh, how I longed for my husband’s early morning latté, anyway I […]

Renee is blogging from the Gospel Coalition Women’s Conference. Gathered with many other excessively ‘qualified’ Jesus’ loving women, you feel pretty small. Everyone seems to have written a book (or three), or they have a popular blog on holiness and prayer, or a masters degree in something spiritual. Common conversations about where exactly is New […]

Renee is blogging from the Gospel Coalition Women’s Conference. As we walked to the Starbucks coffee queue, my new friend shared of her struggles with feeling alone in her love of the gospel. Her husband wasn’t at a particularly Bible-based church, and she was attending a gospel teaching church. She felt broken by that. She […]

I could feel three sets of eyes watching me as I walked into the warm room for my meeting. I felt uncomfortable. What should I say? What were they thinking? Did I look ridiculous? As each successive person entered that room, we all turned and watched them enter too. Did they feel the same as […]

This morning I was walking our golden retriever in the cool nor-east wind that’s so prevalent this time of year. I was praying and reflecting on the coming year, particularly our family and university ministry. I was prompted to repent of some of my natural inclinations: wanting my kids to perform well academically, behaviourally, sportingly. […]