People often ask me what it is like having a sibling with Down syndrome for our two younger children, Marilee and William. Is having their 16-year-old sister, Penny, in their…
We’re celebrating the eight-year birthday/anniversary of my book Small Talk: Learning from My Children About What Matters Most. I hope you’ll join me in enjoying these words! (You can watch…
What do advertisements and illustrations and magazine covers tell us about who we are as a society? When does an image become sentimental because it conveys hope without sorrow? When…
In honor of Down Syndrome Awareness Month, I asked Penny to share some thoughts about who she is, what matters to her, and what she would like other people to…
Belovedness and belonging. Honesty, humility, and hope as movements towards healing. Bringing our brokenness under God’s blessing. In the next two weeks, I have four different speaking opportunities where I…
“Your embodiment is always telling a story.” –Hillary McBride, The Wisdom of Your Body What would happen if we assumed that our body is always telling a story? What if…
On my quest for chapter books that include characters with Down syndrome, I received dozens of recommendations for picture books. We’ve featured some of those here recently, but there are…
Is it different raising a teenager who has Down syndrome than a typical teen? Well, yes and no. I had a chance to write about this for the Institute of…
When Heather Avis and I talked about being at Hope Heals Camp last summer, she mentioned that what made it so distinctive was the lack of ego present. Heather’s words…
"The challenge is to trust again the beauty of life together.” Professor and author Willie James Jennings talks with Amy Julia Becker about the beauty, promise, and hope of…
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