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Author: Amy Julia Becker

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Employment in Churches for People With Disabilities

  • Post published:April 9, 2024
  • Post category:Disability/Faith
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Unemployment is one of the biggest challenges faced by disabled adults. And while there are all sorts of things we as a society can (and should) do to address this…

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Training in Love

  • Post published:April 8, 2024
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What if the hardships we face could be seen as training in love? I’ve been reading John Mark Comer’s latest book, Practicing the Way. He mentions that there are two…

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Turning 47

  • Post published:April 4, 2024
  • Post category:Family
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47 is not a milestone birthday. We didn’t have a party. I didn’t receive any extraordinary gifts. I did, however, receive a pair of the softest pajamas I’ve ever known.…

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Honoring Women’s Hard Choices

  • Post published:April 3, 2024
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

When it comes to prenatal testing and disability, there are two extremes. One is the thought that a prenatal diagnosis of a disability like Down syndrome (trisomy 21) or other…

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Read more about the article S7 E 13 | When Your Church and Political Group Turn on You with Nancy French

S7 E 13 | When Your Church and Political Group Turn on You with Nancy French

  • Post published:April 2, 2024
  • Post category:Current Events/Healing/Podcast
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Apple YouTube Spotify More! {Please note that we discuss abuse in this episode.}How do we love people across our political and social divides? What are the costs and gifts of…

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God Loves You

  • Post published:March 28, 2024
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God loves you. It’s the most basic message.  It is central to the entire Bible.  It is central to Jesus’ teachings.  It is central— foundational—to the New Testament.  And yet…

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Don’t You Care If We Drown?

  • Post published:March 27, 2024
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“Don’t you care?” I’ve prayed that prayer more than once. In the middle of a conflict with Peter that seemed irreconcilable. In the moments when my grandmother was dying and…

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What Happens with Three Days Away with Your Teenager

  • Post published:March 26, 2024
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I’ve never taken a mother-daughter trip with Marilee before. But this year over spring break, Marilee and I spent four nights together in Jamaica. I was a little worried we…

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Why Disability, Faith, Culture?

  • Post published:March 25, 2024
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It was relatively easy to land on “Reimagining the Good Life” as my new tagline and the new title of my podcast. Those words helped pull together what I’ve been…

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Assume That I Can, Maybe I Will

  • Post published:March 22, 2024
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome
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“Assume I can, and maybe I will.” It’s a new ad campaign designed to raise awareness about the assumptions people have about people with Down syndrome and the abilities of…

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