Ruth Clemence

writer & blogger

Author: Ruth Clemence

  • A Picture Speaks A 1000 Words

    In the quiet and the still, I know you are there. Thank you for never leaving my side. I am sorry for not listening to you and being still when all the world gets upon my shoulders. But your grace and love pour down freely and abundantly always. I love…

  • Real People, Real Giving

    Oxfam Collection for the Ebola Appeal On Thursday 30th October,  Oxfam took to the Guildhall Shopping Centre in Exeter to raise money for the Ebola Crisis. It was an emergency appeal and the Disasters Emergency Committee launched their response to the Ebola Crisis on the same day as our collection,…

  • An Intimate Friendship

    This week at #TheLoft we are talking about “Intimacy with Jesus” which can include, but is not limited to: what intimacy with Christ looks like to us, how we abide in Him, and what are the barriers that we face or the victories we have discovered in maintaining intimacy with…

  • A Letter To Halloween

    Dear Halloween, Thank you for the invitation to your celebrations this evening. However, I regret to inform you that I must decline. Tonight you come on your annual visit to our neighbourhood. However, you seem to arrive earlier and earlier every year in our shops. Ghosts, witches, zombies, blood, spiders,…

  • The Good Samaritan – What Would Jesus Tweet?

    Twitter I am spending increasing amounts of time on Twitter. It takes up a lot of my time, scanning through headlines, stories, blogs, news amongst other things. There is a new tweet nearly every second on my ‘twitter reel’ and I constantly find myself updating it. Generally, I use it…

  • A Blogger Blogging About My Blog: Why I Write The Mustard Seed

    This week at #The Loft, we are chatting about blogging! As a blogger since 2011, I have never thought about talking about my blog as a subject in itself. Usually, it writes itself and people generally get the idea… (I think). However, it is a great opportunity to share with…

  • The Mustard Seed Makeover 1

    Today I have been playing around with my blog and have finally figured out (with the help of my amazing husband) how to create categories on my blog. If you look at my home screen, you may have noticed there are two extra categories after ‘About Ruth Clemence’. All I…

  • Life’s Tough Decisions. And Why I Am Looking Up.

    This post is super special to me – just read it to see… But also, my future husband Joel commented on it too, but at the time, we hardly knew each other. God has a sense of humour! We are now happily married! Linking up at The Loft this week…

  • Mark Driscoll – My Thoughts

    I found out about Mark Driscoll’s resignation from my Twitter feed. It has been very sad to see the downfall of Driscoll – firstly from the church planting network that he co-founded ‘Acts 29′, then his 6 week break from ministry in response to the many allegations around his leadership,…