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Author: Amy Julia Becker

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Read more about the article I’m Scheduling Speaking Engagements for 2021!

I’m Scheduling Speaking Engagements for 2021!

  • Post published:November 7, 2020
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

A class of high school students studying bioethics. A small group of church members. A smattering of writers from across the nation. A spiritual book club from North Carolina. An…

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Read more about the article AJB Recommends: Three Things That Have Brought Me Peace This Week

AJB Recommends: Three Things That Have Brought Me Peace This Week

  • Post published:November 6, 2020
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Are you looking for some healthy stress relief? Ways to turn your mind, heart, and attention away from discord and division and towards something more lasting, more beautiful, more true?…

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Election Aftermath

  • Post published:November 5, 2020
  • Post category:Current Events/Disability/Down Syndrome/Faith
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It’s been a stressful week for most Americans when it comes to the state of our nation in the election aftermath. Even without a final verdict on who will be…

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Read more about the article Uncertainty, Control, and the Election

Uncertainty, Control, and the Election

  • Post published:November 4, 2020
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We awoke to uncertainty, and I find myself wrestling with uncertainty, control, and the election. There is a part of me that wants to say, “God is in control,” as…

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Read more about the article S3 E18 | American Politics, Power, and Human Flourishing with Andy Crouch

S3 E18 | American Politics, Power, and Human Flourishing with Andy Crouch

  • Post published:November 3, 2020
  • Post category:Faith/Podcast/Privilege and Race
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As Americans vote in the 2020 national and local elections, is there hope for power, politics, and privilege to foster human flourishing? Andy Crouch, the author of Strong and Weak,…

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Read more about the article Prayer, the Presidential Election, and Acting Justly

Prayer, the Presidential Election, and Acting Justly

  • Post published:November 2, 2020
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After the 2016 presidential election, I wrote this about prayer: A heaviness hangs over our community. Most of the people I know are depressed by the election results. Others are…

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Read more about the article Amy Coney Barrett, Down Syndrome, and Abortion

Amy Coney Barrett, Down Syndrome, and Abortion

  • Post published:October 27, 2020
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I have a new essay about Amy Coney Barrett, Down syndrome, and abortion (really light topics with no controversy!) up at the Religion News Service site today. I’ve been thinking…

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Read more about the article S3 E17 | How the Church Can Support School Reform with Nicole Baker Fulgham

S3 E17 | How the Church Can Support School Reform with Nicole Baker Fulgham

  • Post published:October 27, 2020
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Do we, as a society, truly think that every child can succeed in school? Nicole Baker Fulgham, president and founder of The Expectations Project, talks with Amy Julia about the…

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Read more about the article Hardship Is Not a Competition

Hardship Is Not a Competition

  • Post published:October 24, 2020
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I have so many friends who are struggling with dramatic hard stuff right now: cancer diagnoses and chronic illness and addiction. Then there’s me, struggling with the equally real but…

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Read more about the article AJB Recommends: Writing for Your Life Conference

AJB Recommends: Writing for Your Life Conference

  • Post published:October 23, 2020
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I am so honored to join people like Philip Yancey, Diana Butler Bass, Parker Palmer, Sophronia Scott, Vivian Mabuni, and others as speakers at the upcoming (virtual) Writing for Your…

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