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Author: Amy Julia Becker

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2 Intentions for 2023

  • Post published:January 4, 2023
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Did any of you make New Year’s resolutions? Or answer copious questions for reflection from 2022?  I started down that road, but it overwhelmed me. I decided to ask what—on…

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Read more about the article Curated Reading: Putting Down the Algorithm

Curated Reading: Putting Down the Algorithm

  • Post published:January 3, 2023
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I recently enjoyed a New Yorker essay about Metallica. That’s right, the heavy metal band that my mother’s friends fretted about during the “Satanic panic” of the 1980s. I’m not…

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Read more about the article The Blessings of a Small Church

The Blessings of a Small Church

  • Post published:January 2, 2023
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One Sunday morning, I walked in late to church, looking for our family. I spotted Peter’s head and joined him and Marilee in the pew. They weren’t hard to locate.…

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Happy 17th Birthday, Penny!

  • Post published:December 30, 2022
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Penny turns 17 today! Happy 17th birthday, Penny! A few nights ago at a family dinner, I asked everyone to name something they sincerely appreciate about everyone else at the…

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Read more about the article Favorite Books I Read in 2022

Favorite Books I Read in 2022

  • Post published:December 29, 2022
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Here are some of my favorite books that I read in 2022: My favorite novel My favorite novel was The Midnight Library. I’ve spent a fair amount of time regretting…

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Read more about the article 6 Favorite Shows and Movies We Watched in 2022

6 Favorite Shows and Movies We Watched in 2022

  • Post published:December 28, 2022
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Our favorite shows and movies that we watched in 2022: Abbott Elementary Our whole family has enjoyed this quirky mockumentary about an elementary school in Philadelphia. watch Abbott Elementary Borgen…

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Read more about the article S6 E9 | Spiritual Timekeeping in a New Year with James K. A. Smith

S6 E9 | Spiritual Timekeeping in a New Year with James K. A. Smith

  • Post published:December 27, 2022
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Do you feel like there isn’t enough time or wish you could just get a better hold on time? This episode is a chance to enter into a way of…

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Read more about the article Love Entered In

Love Entered In

  • Post published:December 24, 2022
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When I don’t understand someone, and when I can’t get them to understand me, I tend to move away. I judge and worry and retreat. I give up on the…

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Read more about the article God Enters Into the Messiness of a Broken World

God Enters Into the Messiness of a Broken World

  • Post published:December 23, 2022
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The family of God is a family with sex scandals and petty infighting and alcoholism and abuse. With disease and suffering and betrayal. With rejection and heartbreak and violence. The…

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Read more about the article Jesus Came From a Dysfunctional Family Too

Jesus Came From a Dysfunctional Family Too

  • Post published:December 22, 2022
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Jesus came from a dysfunctional family. I wrote those words for the first time a few years ago, and I remind myself of them every year around this time. The…

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