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Down Syndrome Awareness Month 2024
Today is the beginning of Down Syndrome Awareness Month. In a world of distraction, I’m thinking about what happens when we pay attention to the beauty and hardship and possibility…
S8 E2 | What’s Normal? The Anthropology of Disability with Tom Pearson, PhD
Apple YouTube Spotify More! What does it mean to be human? Who counts as a human being and why? Anthropologist Tom Pearson has been asking these questions for a living…
Questions Every College Freshman Should Ask | Penny in Her Own Words
Questions from Penny that every college freshman needs to ask: ✏️Are there any students who know the campus, and is their role a mentor? ✏️Are there any school activities or…
September Favorites {2024}
Favorites from September 2024: Cultures of Growth by Mary C. Murphy. For anyone interested in how the idea of “fixed” and “growth” mindsets affect communities (and not just individuals), this book is…
Saying Goodbye to Our Church
Before I write anything else, I do want to thank those of you who have decided, voluntarily, to support the work I do through a paid subscription to this newsletter. Not only…
Penny’s First Year of College Three Weeks In
After three weeks of college, here’s how Penny thinks it’s going (scroll down for her video)! How was your first week of college?!? The first week of college was both…
S8 E1 | Narrow Path, Spacious Life with Rich Villodas
Apple YouTube Spotify More! The ways we have envisioned success—whether it’s more wealth, social media followers, recognition, or power—might actually lead us away from an abundant, spacious life. Pastor Rich…
Changing the Social Imagination (one photo at a time)
The images that I saw of people with Down syndrome when our daughter Penny was born 18 years ago were largely black and white, grainy, medical images. They shaped an…
2 Good Books, an Essay, and an Introduction to Season 8
I love taking a break from all sorts of things in the summer, and I also love returning to the rhythms of the fall. I’m especially excited to return to…
Introducing Season 8 of Reimagining the Good Life
Apple YouTube Spotify More! How do we envision the good life in a way that is hopeful and human and freeing and good?My name is Amy Julia Becker. I help…
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