For two years we’ve loved spending time with you here.

For two years we’ve listened to your stories and your hearts as we know you’ve listened to ours.

For two years we’ve loved being that online space that women could call home – where they could kick off any expectation of perfect, set aside their fears, their shyness, their worry that they’re not good enough, and find some of Jesus’ words of rest woven into every blog post shared here.

And for two years people have been asking us if we were going to have an (in)courage conference.

We wanted to, but we worried there wouldn’t be enough space. That it would leave some of our community out. That not everyone would be able to put their feet up on the beach house coffee table with us if they were hindered by the price of travel, the concern about child care or the worry of what to wear.

We needed a new model – an (un)conference conference

– where everyone would be (in) and no one left out.

“For I am about to do something new.

See, I have already begun.

Do you not see it?

I will make a pathway through the wilderness.

I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.”

~Isaiah 43:19

We needed a way to give the thousands of women who visit (in)courage on a daily basis with their aching hearts, their joys, their fears, their prayer requests, their hopes and dreams a real life community to share those with. A community that is seeded online and grows off line.

That’s how (in)courage in real life was born.
{Click the logo to come over, learn more, and register}

A God-sized dream to connect women beyond the blog posts.

How?

Well, with a day of (in)courage meetups – think mini beach house parties – all around the country and globe and a webcast for everyone to tune into. There will be something for everyone – walking, talking, laughing, hugging blog content – right in the comfort of your living room.

In short, we’re bringing the beach house right to your doorstep.
On April 27 & 28, 2012.

IRL. In Real Life. (in)RL!

We’re hosting an all-you-can-eat, wear-your-comfy-clothes, invite-your-neighbor, don’t-have-to-pack-for-it, girls-just-wanna-have-fun, in-real-life-is-better-than-online, un-conference, conference!

The webcast kicks off on Friday and (in)RL beach house parties follow on Saturday with more live (in)courage content to tune into together. Just imagine thousands of (in)courage women all over the world getting together in homes, coffee shops, restaurants, or churches – you name it– to connect in real life!

We love the online world, but there’s only so far a comment box can go to connect us. We’re looking forward to stepping through blog posts and into each other’s real lives.

Click here to register, it’s only $10 {and get your free (in)RL T-shirt!}

And then join us on twitter at 10pm EST tonight {hashtag #inrl}

for an (in)RL twitter-palooza where we’ll answer your questions, sneak you some more fun updates, and share these tasty giveaways:

24 of our (in)courage contributors are all at Hilton Head this weekend for their own (in)RL meetup. So we’ll be crazy-eyed, humidity-fried, cross-legged, beach sand, group tweeting with you all. Can NOT wait.

Come one, come all and come just as you are!

“For where two or three gather together as my followers, I am there among them.” ~ Matthew 18:20.

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