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Author: Amy Julia Becker

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Read more about the article Gratitude and Grumpiness

Gratitude and Grumpiness

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

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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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

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
  • Post category:Podcast
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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
  • Post category:Books/Privilege and Race/Writing
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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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Read more about the article Rev. Dan Heischman Reflects on Privilege in Episcopal Schools

Rev. Dan Heischman Reflects on Privilege in Episcopal Schools

  • Post published:November 5, 2019
  • Post category:Privilege and Race
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A friend mentioned years ago that memoirs go through three stages. First, we live them. Then we write them. And then, once they are out in the world, we receive…

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Geraldine Brooks’ Endorsement of White Picket Fences

  • Post published:November 3, 2019
  • Post category:Books/Privilege and Race
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“I am grateful that Amy Julia Becker had the courage to create White Picket Fences. It's such an essential discussion, so relevant and yet somehow so difficult, and I admire…

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Celebrating 1 Year Anniversary of White Picket Fences!

  • Post published:November 1, 2019
  • Post category:Books/Privilege and Race/Writing
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Today I am celebrating the one year anniversary of the publication of White Picket Fences. It’s hard to believe it only came out a year ago because I have learned…

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