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Author: Amy Julia Becker

This author has written 1517 articles
Read more about the article Am I Willing to Be Interrupted by God’s Work of Love in the World?

Am I Willing to Be Interrupted by God’s Work of Love in the World?

  • Post published:December 7, 2022
  • Post category:Faith
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Jesus’ birth was only noticed by the outsiders. The Magi, non-Israelite foreigners who worshiped a distant god, nevertheless paid attention to the star in the east and came to find…

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Read more about the article Why I Am Neither Conservative Nor Progressive
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Why I Am Neither Conservative Nor Progressive

  • Post published:December 6, 2022
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Conservatism in one sphere can lead to progressivism in another. To be more specific, theological conservatism can lead to social and political progressivism.  Last week, Curtis Chang and David French…

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God’s Boundless Love

  • Post published:December 5, 2022
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Wider than my arms can reach. Those are the words I used to say to our kids to describe how big our love was for them. Expansive. Abundant. Never-ending and…

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Read more about the article Two-Word Family Check-In
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Two-Word Family Check-In

  • Post published:December 3, 2022
  • Post category:Family/Parenting
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Lately, I’ve been sending a text once each week to our whole family to check in on how everyone is doing. I used to just ask a generic, “How is…

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3 Things to Watch This Weekend

  • Post published:December 2, 2022
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Here are 3 things to watch this weekend. We had an unexpected family movie weekend, where we watched My Big Fat Greek Wedding and then Wakanda Forever (in the theater). MBFGW had…

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I Have a Gift for You: Movements of Healing Guide

  • Post published:December 1, 2022
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DOWNLOAD FREE GUIDE Honesty, humility, and hope. These are the three movements of healing we see again and again in the gospel stories of healing. These are the movements we…

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Read more about the article Big News for the Becker Family

Big News for the Becker Family

  • Post published:November 30, 2022
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Big news for the Becker family today! Many of you have watched and read and listened as our family has grown up over the years, first at The Lawrenceville School…

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Read more about the article S6 E7 | The Cost of Control with Sharon Hodde Miller

S6 E7 | The Cost of Control with Sharon Hodde Miller

  • Post published:November 29, 2022
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How does control lead to anxiety? How can we let go of the illusion of control and entrust our lives to God? Pastor and author Sharon Hodde Miller joins Amy…

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Read more about the article Prayer and Talking to God
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Prayer and Talking to God

  • Post published:November 28, 2022
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I used to say that prayer is talking to God.  I was trying to explain prayer to Penny’s friend Rachel, who has Down syndrome and is newly interested in Christianity. …

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Read more about the article At Thanksgiving, Don’t Simply Eat, Drink, and Be Merry

At Thanksgiving, Don’t Simply Eat, Drink, and Be Merry

  • Post published:November 23, 2022
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I was reminded this year that Abraham Lincoln was the first American President to declare Thanksgiving a national holiday. He did so in 1863, in the midst of a brutal…

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