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Author: Amy Julia Becker

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Read more about the article Why We Must Insist Upon Knowledge Tethered to Love

Why We Must Insist Upon Knowledge Tethered to Love

  • Post published:May 25, 2017
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Faith
  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

I was invited to share some thoughts on disability and theology with the student body of St. Paul’s School, a boarding school in Concord, New Hampshire. I offered three reflections…

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Read more about the article What if Usefulness is Not the Measure of our Humanity?
Penny and her family at Epcot, or what love and knowledge together look like

What if Usefulness is Not the Measure of our Humanity?

  • Post published:May 25, 2017
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Faith
  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

I was invited to share some thoughts on disability and theology with the student body of St. Paul’s School, a boarding school in Concord, New Hampshire. I offered three reflections…

Continue ReadingWhat if Usefulness is Not the Measure of our Humanity?
Read more about the article When Facts Fail – Reflections on Love and Knowledge

When Facts Fail – Reflections on Love and Knowledge

  • Post published:May 25, 2017
  • Post category:Disability/Faith
  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

I was invited to share some thoughts on disability and theology with the student body of St. Paul’s School, a boarding school in Concord, New Hampshire. I offered three reflections…

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January 2015

The Gift of Reading

  • Post published:April 21, 2017
  • Post category:AJB Recommends/Books/Family
  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Reading has been a gift to our family. It's a gift when the kids read on their own! But also when we get to snuggle up together and enjoy a…

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Read more about the article On World Down Syndrome Day, Some Thoughts on Beauty, Vulnerability, and Love
Penny's friends celebrate her on her 11th birthday

On World Down Syndrome Day, Some Thoughts on Beauty, Vulnerability, and Love

  • Post published:March 21, 2017
  • Post category:Down Syndrome/Parenting
  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Dear friends, Last week I told our kids that today is World Down Syndrome Day, a day across the globe to celebrate the lives of those living among us with…

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Read more about the article Give Your Kids the Gift of Absence
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Give Your Kids the Gift of Absence

  • Post published:March 2, 2017
  • Post category:Parenting
  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

I have a new post over at Christianity Today. Click here to read my latest piece, "Give Your Kids the Gift of Absence." "When we first moved to Connecticut five…

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Read more about the article When God Doesn’t Clean Up the Mess in Your Life
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When God Doesn’t Clean Up the Mess in Your Life

  • Post published:December 29, 2016
  • Post category:Faith
  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

  There are two ways for light to shine. There is overpowering light. Like the light of highbeams on a road at night. The light of the sun that makes…

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Read more about the article What if You Don’t Need to Be Successful? (Or, Advent Reflections on Joy)

What if You Don’t Need to Be Successful? (Or, Advent Reflections on Joy)

  • Post published:December 22, 2016
  • Post category:Faith/Family/Parenting
  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

I was grumpy for a few years. Maybe not every day. But most days. And at the core of my being, deep inside my heart, lay a stone, a slowly…

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Read more about the article When You Want to Say “&%$!” to God (Or: Advent Reflections on Hope)
The Annunciation, Raphael

When You Want to Say “&%$!” to God (Or: Advent Reflections on Hope)

  • Post published:December 22, 2016
  • Post category:Faith
  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

I was reading from the early chapters of Luke as a part of getting ready for Christmas, and I came to the moment when the angel appears to Mary. So…

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14 Books to Give This Holiday Season

  • Post published:December 12, 2016
  • Post category:AJB Recommends/Books
  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Are you looking for books to give to friends and family? Here's a list of old and new titles worth considering (and of course I hope Small Talk and A…

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