On April 27 & 28, 2012 we hosted our first ever (in)RL {in real life} event. The conference that comes to you in the comfort of your living room and connects you with girlfriends new and old.

What a weekend it was!

We laughed, we cried, we tweeted till our eyes about died.  Seriously, there were over 5,000 tweets with the #inRL hashtag that had 10 million impressions and were seen by over a million twitter followers!

Just wow.

More than 1,700 women from all over the world participated in our first ever (in)RL! And the videos were viewed approximately 30K times.

We are humbled. We are exhilarated. And yes, we are already planning for (in)RL 2013!

In the meantime, you can order the 2 DVD disc set or all access online pass and the expanded 80 page (in)RL study booklet over here.

And there’s a 50% off special coupon code for the (in)courage community during May!

Just use coupon code INRL50 at check out to get 50% OFF all of the (in)RL products, including the DVDs, the Study Booklet, the Online Videos, the Study E-Booklet, and even the (in)RL t-shirt!!

Three years ago we opened wide the door of this online beach house called (in)courage.

We invited you to come in, put your sandy feet on the coffee table, talk late into the night with your friends and listen for God’s voice in return.

And it was beautiful.

Yet as time went on, we realized it simply wasn’t enough.

We wanted a way to also be in your lives, your real life.

Not that online isn’t real but it is different. And we wanted a way to also hug your neck, hear your laugh, wipe that tear away and pass the chocolate. We wanted to be able to say, “Cute shirt!” and hear your accent or watch that crease in your brow take shape when you talk about the hard day you had this week.

We wanted to connect in the face-to-face, the day-to-day.

And we wanted a way to connect you to each other more too.

Jesus is “the Word made flesh” and there’s something powerful about stepping out of the spiritual and into the tangible too. It’s what He did. And it’s what we wanted to do too.

So on Friday April 27th, we all tuned in for the first session of the (in)RL Webcast and on Saturday April 28th women all over the world stepped out into each others’ real lives.

Singapore.

North Carolina.

Nashville, Tennessee.

Colorado.

Northern Ireland.

Northern Virginia.

Ontario, Canada.

It was a day and a moment that only God could sign His name to. We can’t wait to do it again next year!

(in)RL Round Up:

1. Check out the (in)RL recap posts by attendees over here
2. Enjoy the (in)RL Flickr stream over here
3. See our other (in)RL resources over here.

And be sure and mark your calendars for (in)RL 2013 coming to you at the end of April.

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