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Author: Amy Julia Becker

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Read more about the article Sabbatical Announcement and Learning to Rest

Sabbatical Announcement and Learning to Rest

  • Post published:November 21, 2019
  • Post category:Faith/Family
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Our family is walking away from the daily routines of life and learning to rest. What's behind our sabbatical announcement and learning to rest? Here are the details about our…

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Read more about the article Prepare for Christmas with My Advent Ebook

Prepare for Christmas with My Advent Ebook

  • Post published:November 20, 2019
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

The calendar might say November, but many of us will soon be preparing for Christmas throughout the season of Advent. I love reflecting on the meaning of Christmas and Advent,…

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Read more about the article Gratitude and Grief

Gratitude and Grief

  • Post published:November 19, 2019
  • Post category:Faith
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At its best, gratitude is a way to live in the midst of a world of pain and grief, not a way to cut ourselves off from that grief. Gratitude…

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Read more about the article Gratitude and Grumpiness

Gratitude and Grumpiness

  • Post published:November 18, 2019
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

As easy as it is to rattle off a gratitude list, it's just as easy to rattle off a list of things that cause grumpiness. How is gratitude the antidote…

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Read more about the article Embracing Our Common Humanity

Embracing Our Common Humanity

  • Post published:November 15, 2019
  • Post category:Common Humanity/Disability/Down Syndrome/Parenting/Privilege and Race
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I’ve recently adopted “embracing our common humanity” as my shorthand for what I am attempting to do with my writing and speaking. If you look back through my blog you…

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Read more about the article Classroom Conversations: To Kill a Mockingbird and the Discussion of Privilege

Classroom Conversations: To Kill a Mockingbird and the Discussion of Privilege

  • Post published:November 14, 2019
  • Post category:Books/Privilege and Race
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When I was asked to have classroom conversations with a group of 8th grade students about To Kill a Mockingbird in conjunction with White Picket Fences and the discussion of…

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My New Website Launch!

  • Post published:November 13, 2019
  • Post category:Writing
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I could not be more excited to tell you about the launch of my brand new website. I hope you will spend a minute (or ten, or far more) checking…

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Read more about the article Essential Church Podcast and Privilege

Essential Church Podcast and Privilege

  • Post published:November 11, 2019
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I had a great time talking with Andrew Arndt on the Essential Church podcast about White Picket Fences. He asked great questions that gave me the chance to tell the…

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Read more about the article Gratitude Podcast with Family Life Radio

Gratitude Podcast with Family Life Radio

  • Post published:November 8, 2019
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Martha Manikas-Foster of Family Life radio approached me a few weeks ago about an old blog post of mine about Thanksgiving. Back in 2014, I wrote about how Thanksgiving is…

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Read more about the article Real Privilege and Love: Quote from White Picket Fences

Real Privilege and Love: Quote from White Picket Fences

  • Post published:November 6, 2019
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The real privilege of my life has come in learning what it means to love others, that love involves suffering and sacrifice and sleepless nights and tears and heartache and…

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