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Author: Amy Julia Becker

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Let Me Introduce Myself

  • Post published:April 24, 2021
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Let me introduce myself! Four things to know about me. I am: Mom to middle-aged children. Both spiritual and religious. A polite activist. Loving and hating the Whole 30.  (Every…

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AJB Recommends: One Book You Must Read, and Five More That I Recommend

  • Post published:April 23, 2021
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If you’ve been tracking with me for a while in this space, you’ll want to go buy Dear White Peacemakers (or ask your library to buy it) by Osheta Moore.…

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Justice Makes God’s Earth Rejoice

  • Post published:April 22, 2021
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For many years, I learned more about how and why we should honor God's earth from people outside the church than those within it. I learned from glimpses at Ojibwe…

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How Can White People Respond With Love to the Derek Chauvin Verdict?

  • Post published:April 21, 2021
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How can white people respond with love to the Derek Chauvin verdict and the recent police shootings of teenagers?  The guilty verdict for Chauvin was a relief to many across…

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S4 E14 | Searching for Racial and Religious Identity as a Potawatomi Woman with Kaitlin Curtice

  • Post published:April 20, 2021
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“What does it mean for me to actually be a Potawatomi woman? To be a Christian? To be human?” Kaitlin Curtice, the author of Native and a member of the…

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Strength to Love: Words of Hope and Challenge

  • Post published:April 19, 2021
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Sometimes I forget that Martin Luther King Jr. was a preacher and a pastor, concerned about the practical, real-life, soul-health, spiritual well-being of his congregation. But his message of nonviolent…

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Baby Steps Towards Growing Up

  • Post published:April 17, 2021
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Marilee definitely regrets the fact that she got excited when I told her I was filling out forms for summer camp because some unexpected words came out of her mouth:…

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AJB Recommends: Watch, Read, Listen

  • Post published:April 16, 2021
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Looking for something to watch, read, and listen to this weekend? Here’s one of each that I recommend:  1. We just started watching The Chosen, an imaginative rendering of Jesus’…

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Science for the Church: Becoming Like Trees

  • Post published:April 15, 2021
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BECOMING LIKE TREES-"Nine years ago, my family moved near a few thousand acres of protected forest. Hiking the nearby trails has become a weekly practice. Over the years, as I’ve…

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Great or Grateful?

  • Post published:April 14, 2021
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Penny expresses gratitude with abandon. Every Sunday morning throughout the pandemic, we have each written down our thanksgivings on an index card (see picture above). We do this, per our…

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