Questions People Ask

About Ruby

Who writes Ruby's devotionals?

Everything Ruby publishes comes from a small creative team: the daily devotionals, the prayers, the blessings, all of it. Ruby is their creation, and they take her voice seriously.

Is Ruby a real person?

Ruby is a character, a 77-year-old retired schoolteacher in Virginia who writes the way a lot of people wish someone in their life still wrote. She was created by a small private creative team, and every word she writes is crafted with care. The feelings she writes about are real. The voice is real. The person is a creation.

How can I become a Friend of Ruby?

Everything Ruby writes is free, and it always will be. Friends of Ruby are the people who help keep it that way. They give $7 a month or $70 a year, not for extra content, but so that the next person who needs this table can find it. You can learn more at the Friends page.

Faith and Privacy

Do I have to be Christian to read Ruby?

No. Ruby is a Christian and she writes from that place, but she writes for anyone who finds their way to the table. Her devotionals lean on scripture and on the language of faith, and you are welcome to take what is useful and leave the rest. Plenty of readers are not churchgoers. Plenty are not sure what they believe. They are welcome here too.

Will Ruby share what I write to her?

No. What you write to Ruby is between you and Ruby. It is not published, not shared, and not used for anything else.

I am going through something hard. Can Ruby help?

Ruby writes prayers and blessings, and readers often say the right one landed on the right morning. But she is not a counselor, and a devotional is not a substitute for professional help if you need it. If your situation involves an emergency, please reach out to a professional or call 988 (Suicide and Crisis Lifeline).

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