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Author: Amy Julia Becker

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Life to the Full Series

  • Post published:June 22, 2023
  • Post category:Faith
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Who do you follow on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter? I follow a host of other writers, parents of kids with Down syndrome and other disabilities, social justice activists, and people of…

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Family Screen Time Practices for the Summer

  • Post published:June 21, 2023
  • Post category:Family/Parenting
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Free Resource 5 screen time practices for Families | Summer Edition When it comes to family use of technology, I want to nudge our family, and yours, towards creation and…

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Juneteenth and King: A Life

  • Post published:June 19, 2023
  • Post category:Privilege and Race
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Today, people across the nation will celebrate Juneteenth—a holiday I only learned about in recent years. As Jemar Tisby writes, “Juneteenth may be the perfect holiday for Black people to…

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Father’s Day 2023

  • Post published:June 17, 2023
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Peter and I both remember the dinner where we admitted to each other that we weren’t sure we ever wanted kids. We liked our little family as it was, just…

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Self-Care in Seasons of Stress

  • Post published:June 14, 2023
  • Post category:Faith/Family/Healing/Writing
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The past month has included three kids finishing the school year at three different schools, Peter coming to the end of his tenure at a fourth school, and getting ready…

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S6 E21 | A Good Life, A Good Death with Dr. Lydia Dugdale

  • Post published:June 13, 2023
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How do we prepare now to die well? Can we reimagine care of the dying in all of its messiness as a gift? Dr. Lydia Dugdale, a medical ethicist, internal medicine…

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The Ordinary Glory of Marriage

  • Post published:June 12, 2023
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We were married 24 years ago today.  It’s really hard to find words to convey the gratitude and wonder I feel, not only when I think about getting to be…

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Thank You for Your To Be Made Well Reviews

  • Post published:June 9, 2023
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I’m so grateful to readers who have reviewed To Be Made Well on Amazon and Goodreads, sent me personal messages, and told others about the book. It ALL makes a…

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How a Dance Performance Gave Me a Glimpse of a World Made Right

  • Post published:June 8, 2023
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She wanted it to be a surprise. So when we showed up to watch Penny on stage for her annual Spring Dance Fest, we were expecting the usual. Penny would…

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A Reservoir of Hope

  • Post published:June 7, 2023
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How can we build up a reservoir of hope?  Last year, when I was teaching the young children at Hope Heals camp, we talked about a verse from Romans 15:13:…

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