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Author: Amy Julia Becker

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Read more about the article Defining Privilege Part One: What Privilege Is Not   

Defining Privilege Part One: What Privilege Is Not  

  • Post published:August 30, 2019
  • Post category:Privilege and Race
  • Post comments:4 Comments
  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

As important as it is to understand what privilege is, it is also important to clarify what privilege is not. Privilege is not an accusation that you have done something…

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Read more about the article Summer Rewind: How Christians Should Talk About Sex

Summer Rewind: How Christians Should Talk About Sex

  • Post published:August 28, 2019
  • Post category:Faith
  • Post comments:1 Comment
  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Last year the Atlantic reported on the fact that people are having less sex across all demographic sectors in America. Meanwhile, the sexualization of everything and seeing sex as a…

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Read more about the article What Training for a Half Marathon Teaches Me about my Soul

What Training for a Half Marathon Teaches Me about my Soul

  • Post published:August 27, 2019
  • Post category:Faith
  • Post comments:1 Comment
  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

It still surprises me to note that I am training for a half marathon. Last year, I ran one for the first time and it was my first experience of…

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Read more about the article Review: The Peanut Butter Falcon | by Amy Julia Becker

Review: The Peanut Butter Falcon | by Amy Julia Becker

  • Post published:August 25, 2019
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

This weekend was the opening of the movie The Peanut Butter Falcon. As parents of a child with Down syndrome, my husband Peter and I were curious and excited to…

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Read more about the article The Porter’s Gate Worship Project – New Single “Nothing to Fear”

The Porter’s Gate Worship Project – New Single “Nothing to Fear”

  • Post published:August 23, 2019
  • Post category:Privilege and Race
  • Post comments:1 Comment
  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

I got to participate in the The Porter's Gate Worship Project in Nashville back in January, where a diverse group of singer/songwriters joined together to write worship songs based on…

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Read more about the article Summer Rewind: Why We Still Go To Church

Summer Rewind: Why We Still Go To Church

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

Summertime is the hardest time for us to convince our kids, and ourselves, to go to church on Sunday mornings. They want to go to the beach. They want to…

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Sitting in Silence

  • Post published:August 19, 2019
  • Post category:Podcast
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

I stumbled across a new podcast today called Encountering Silence and started with an interview with Richard Rohr on the topic of silence. I’ve been reading and practicing a lot…

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Read more about the article Love in the Midst of the Mess

Love in the Midst of the Mess

  • Post published:August 18, 2019
  • Post category:Faith/Family
  • Post comments:1 Comment
  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

You may be familiar with the words of 1 Corinthians 13: “Love is patient. Love is kind. It does not envy. It does not boast. It is not rude…” I…

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Read more about the article Summer Rewind: Five Books that Have Challenged Me about Race and Justice

Summer Rewind: Five Books that Have Challenged Me about Race and Justice

  • Post published:August 16, 2019
  • Post category:Privilege and Race
  • Post comments:5 Comments
  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

I've offered a number of book lists related to race and justice this past year since the publication of White Picket Fences (like this list of memoirs). There's one more…

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Read more about the article Remembering Toni Morrison

Remembering Toni Morrison

  • Post published:August 15, 2019
  • Post category:Books/Privilege and Race
  • Post comments:1 Comment
  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Toni Morrison was a mentor from afar to me, first as a writer of fiction, later as a professor for a course I took at Princeton, and then through her…

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