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Author: Amy Julia Becker

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Life’s Raging River

  • Post published:October 7, 2023
  • Post category:Family
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The rains have been intense around here lately. And these days our life as a family feels uncomfortably like this river. I’m wondering whether we just let the water run…

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Read more about the article Spiritual Practices Are Not About Performing for God

Spiritual Practices Are Not About Performing for God

  • Post published:October 5, 2023
  • Post category:Faith
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About twenty years ago, I had the opportunity to attend a free yoga class called “Yoga for All.” It was designed for beginners. No experience necessary. It was ¼ mile…

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Read more about the article Five Years of White Picket Fences

Five Years of White Picket Fences

  • Post published:October 4, 2023
  • Post category:Books/Healing/Privilege and Race/Writing
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Once, when I was speaking at a church, I was introduced as an “expert on privilege.” The person introducing me didn’t mean that I’ve done anthropological or sociological studies about…

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S7 E3 | Netflix’s Down for Love with Robyn Paterson

  • Post published:October 3, 2023
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Podcast
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Apple YouTube Spotify More! Have you watched the new show on Netflix called Down for Love? It’s a reality dating show for people with Down syndrome, and we’re celebrating the start…

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Penny in Her Own Words: What I Thought About Netflix’s Down for Love

  • Post published:October 2, 2023
  • Post category:AJB Recommends/Disability/Down Syndrome/Parenting
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October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month! To celebrate, Penny will take over my account once a week and share her thoughts about teenage life, having a job, school, and more,…

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What I Wish I’d Known When Our Child Was Diagnosed with Down Syndrome

  • Post published:September 30, 2023
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GET THE FREE DOWNLOAD On December 30, 2005, our firstborn daughter came into the world. It was an easy delivery—a little early, but not premature, no signs of distress or…

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3 Practices to Follow Jesus and Cultivate Love

  • Post published:September 28, 2023
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If you are curious about the spiritual life, and about following Jesus, here are three practices that can help you begin or deepen that journey: Lectio Divina. This is the…

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Homecoming and Belonging

  • Post published:September 27, 2023
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Parenting
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As a mother of a child with a disability, school events can be rough. I’m talking about everything from dances to sports to eating lunch in the cafeteria. I don’t…

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Anxiety Is a Signal

  • Post published:September 26, 2023
  • Post category:Faith/Healing
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One night this summer, I had an anxiety dream (that’s what I call it). I don’t have them often, but in this particular dream I'm looking at a city that…

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Using the Spiritual Imagination as a Vehicle for Hope

  • Post published:September 25, 2023
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome
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A few months after Penny was first born, I realized that I lacked an imagination for a good future for our family. What little understanding I had of life with…

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