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White Picket Fences:
Turning Towards Love in a World Divided by Privilege
White Picket Fences is a memoir told through the lens of faith about acknowledging the harm of social divisions and responding to that harm with love.
Amy Julia Becker
Amy Julia Becker is a writer and speaker on faith, family, disability, and privilege. She has written four books, and her writing has been published in USA Today, Christianity Today, The Washington Post and The New York Times. She has spoken at conferences including The Festival of Faith and Writing, the Q Ideas Conference, and the Summer Institute for Theology and Disability, as well as many churches and schools. She lives in western Connecticut with her husband and her three children.
Recent Blog Posts
Continuing the Conversation: William and Growing Up to Be a White Man
In this week’s podcast, I interviewed all three of our kids about their experiences over the past few years of reading diverse books, traveling to museums
Continuing the Conversation: Marilee and Ruby Bridges
In this week’s podcast, I interviewed all three of our kids about their experiences over the past few years of reading diverse books, traveling to
S3 Bonus | Talking with Our Kids About Race, Justice, Love, and Privilege
How do we talk with kids about race, justice, and privilege? In this follow up to last week’s interview with Patricia Raybon, Amy Julia interviews
