REIMAGINING
THE GOOD LIFE
DISABILITY. FAITH. CULTURE.
Amy Julia Becker
Amy Julia Becker invites people to reimagine the good life through her writing and speaking on disability, faith, and culture. She is the author of To Be Made Well, White Picket Fences, Small Talk, and A Good and Perfect Gift. She is a guest opinion writer for national publications and hosts two podcasts: Take the Next Step and Reimagining the Good Life. Becker is a graduate of Princeton University and Princeton Theological Seminary (MDiv). She is a member of the Disability Ministry Network and the Alliance for Disability Justice and Ethics in Reproductive Genetics. She lives with her husband and their three children in western Connecticut.
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Recent Posts

When You Can’t Pray: How Friendship and Hope Carry Us Through Suffering
I found that I couldn’t pray after the doctor told us that our daughter had Down syndrome. I didn’t have the words, the answers, or

The Discipline of Delight: How Parents Can Choose Connection Over Productivity
One night last week, we finished dinner, and I was ready to get back to work. I had already missed my deadline to submit the

What I’m Reading, Watching, and Listening To: July 2026
Books, essays, podcast episodes, and more that I think are worth your time, plus recent cultural news that I’m paying attention to in the month
