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Author: Amy Julia Becker

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Read more about the article A Good and Perfect Gift Turns 11!

A Good and Perfect Gift Turns 11!

  • Post published:September 1, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Family
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Eleven years ago, A Good and Perfect Gift was published. I still hear from readers regularly who have discovered this book and reach out to tell me the way it…

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Read more about the article Northern Complicity in Racial Injustice

Northern Complicity in Racial Injustice

  • Post published:August 31, 2022
  • Post category:Family/Privilege and Race
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

There’s a story of racial injustice that still needs to be told in the Northeast. I’ve told a few people about my vision for a place that tells this story.…

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Read more about the article Introducing Season 6 of Love Is Stronger Than Fear

Introducing Season 6 of Love Is Stronger Than Fear

  • Post published:August 30, 2022
  • Post category:Healing/Podcast
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Welcome to Season 6 of Love Is Stronger Than Fear, a podcast about pursuing hope and healing in the midst of personal and social brokenness. The lineup of guests for…

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Penny Starts Her Junior Year

  • Post published:August 26, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Family
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

And all of a sudden, she’s a junior.  A junior who set her alarm and woke up without nudging. Who packed her lunch and her backpack and picked out her…

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Read more about the article A Secret Sign for “I Love a Person With Down Syndrome”

A Secret Sign for “I Love a Person With Down Syndrome”

  • Post published:August 24, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Parenting
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

I wish there were some sort of hand signal or gesture that meant, “I love a person with Down syndrome.” Kind of like “Honk if you love Jesus,” except it…

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Read more about the article The Song of Our Scars

The Song of Our Scars

  • Post published:August 23, 2022
  • Post category:AJB Recommends/Healing
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So many of us are carrying so much pain in our bodies and minds, which may be why I am loving The Song of Our Scars by Haider Warraich (it…

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Read more about the article The False Self is Fragile. The True Self is Vulnerable.
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The False Self is Fragile. The True Self is Vulnerable.

  • Post published:August 22, 2022
  • Post category:Faith/Healing
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The false self is fragile. ​​The true self is vulnerable.  It can be really hard to know the difference.  The true self is the part of me that is what…

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Read more about the article Fitting Inside God’s Upside-Down Kingdom
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Fitting Inside God’s Upside-Down Kingdom

  • Post published:August 19, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Faith/Family
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“I needed my life to be upended in order for me to fit inside God’s upside-down kingdom.” At one of the leader sessions at Hope Heals camp last summer, Katherine…

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What If We Choose a Different Way?

  • Post published:August 17, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Healing
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We live in a culture that values: Productivity over people Intellect over empathy Individual over community Competition over compassion Invincibility over vulnerability Isolated achievement over mutual giving and receiving Control…

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Summer Sometimes Feels Wasted, and then…

  • Post published:August 16, 2022
  • Post category:Family
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Summer sometimes feels wasted. There are still chores and appointments and broken refrigerator drawers and grocery lists. And then along comes a spontaneous walk on the beach on a windy…

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