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Author: Amy Julia Becker

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Read more about the article Disability and Respect: Look Her in the Eye

Disability and Respect: Look Her in the Eye

  • Post published:January 21, 2023
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome
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I’m so grateful for the technician at the eye doctor appointment who assumes that Penny can speak for herself. I’m also aware of how surprised I feel that this young…

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Domestic Monastery

  • Post published:January 20, 2023
  • Post category:AJB Recommends/Faith/Family/Parenting
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“Raising small children, if it is done with love and generosity, will do for you exactly what private prayer does.” -Ronald Rolheiser, Domestic Monastery I just read this whole (very…

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Read more about the article False Message: Disability is a tragedy to be alleviated.

False Message: Disability is a tragedy to be alleviated.

  • Post published:January 19, 2023
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When it comes to disability, we receive many erroneous and incomplete messages from the media and popular culture. Here’s the second of four false messages we receive about disability. FALSE…

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Interdependent Healing

  • Post published:January 18, 2023
  • Post category:Faith/Healing
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My new year has started off with heavy news from multiple friends. One whose husband moved out. Another who lost her job. Another whose sister is heading to a treatment…

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Read more about the article 3 Reasons I’m Grateful for the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.

3 Reasons I’m Grateful for the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.

  • Post published:January 16, 2023
  • Post category:Healing/Privilege and Race
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Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wasn’t a perfect man. He didn’t have unflagging faith. His faith began as a more abstract intellectual pursuit and became more and more personal…

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January Introductions

  • Post published:January 14, 2023
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This community has been growing in recent months, and I’ve started doing a little introduction on a monthly basis. Which is fun for me for two reasons. One, I get…

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Read more about the article False Message: Disability is a problem to be fixed.

False Message: Disability is a problem to be fixed.

  • Post published:January 13, 2023
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome
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Every day, we encounter images and phrases and assumptions and false messages about disability that shape our way of perceiving people with disabilities. Many of these depictions and assumptions are…

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Read more about the article Hope Heals | And You Will Be Blessed

Hope Heals | And You Will Be Blessed

  • Post published:January 12, 2023
  • Post category:Disability/Faith/Healing
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I had a chance to write an essay (And You Will Be Blessed) for the Hope Heals blog. (And if you don’t already know about Hope Heals, now is the…

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Read more about the article Books About Disability and Theology

Books About Disability and Theology

  • Post published:January 11, 2023
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DOWNLOAD FREE RESOURCE The “theology of disability” is a topic that might sound obscure or abstract, but it has been life-changing for me. The theology of anything is just a…

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Read more about the article S6 E10 | How to Receive the Time We’re Given with Jen Pollock Michel

S6 E10 | How to Receive the Time We’re Given with Jen Pollock Michel

  • Post published:January 10, 2023
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 Does anxiety characterize your relationship with time? Author Jen Pollock Michel talks with Amy Julia Becker about our posture towards time and her new book In Good Time, and she…

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