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Author: Amy Julia Becker

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Upcoming Speaking Opportunities

  • Post published:August 2, 2022
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I used to say that I’m a writer who sometimes speaks. What I meant by that was that I didn’t feel super confident while speaking. I used very detailed notes…

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Criticism: General Condemnation or Specific Conviction

  • Post published:August 1, 2022
  • Post category:Healing/Parenting
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One tell-tale sign of an Enneagram One is what’s called an “inner-critic,” a relentless voice inside my head that questions my decisions and makes sweeping pronouncements about my inadequacies.  Whether…

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Healing Meals

  • Post published:July 30, 2022
  • Post category:Family/Healing
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As if it wasn’t enough for us to experience abundant love and goodness at Hope Heals Camp last week, we also got to visit a local non-profit called Healing Meals…

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Penny’s Take on Hope Heals

  • Post published:July 29, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Faith
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Okay, this is my final (for now) post about Hope Heals Camp last week. I started out planning to tell you all about it in one post, and here we…

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Hope Heals Camp: When We’re Seen

  • Post published:July 28, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Faith/Family
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Seen. That was the word written underneath my plate at the Hope Heals banquet.  Other people had words like beloved, cherished, known. All three of our kids picked up their…

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Hope Heals Camp: Believing Something Good

  • Post published:July 27, 2022
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I went into last week with a hard, seemingly hopeless situation, even as I was invited to teach the kids about hope each day at Hope Heals Camp.  “Hope is…

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Hope Heals Camp: Belovedness and Belonging

  • Post published:July 26, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Faith
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Hope Heals Camp exists as a place where families affected by disability can receive rest, resources, and relationships. As Jay and Katherine Wolf, co-founders, say, Hope Heals seeks to “disrupt…

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To Be Made Well at Hope Heals Camp

  • Post published:July 25, 2022
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Last week at Hope Heals Camp was incredible, and it was so beautiful to see To Be Made Well there inside all the welcome bags for families at the camp.…

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Screen Guidelines for the Summer

  • Post published:July 23, 2022
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Last summer I wanted to show our kids that we weren’t against screens. Rather, we were for activity and nature and friendship and learning. So I told them as long…

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Three Ways to Bring Prayer to the Body

  • Post published:July 22, 2022
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If you’ve grown up in a Protestant church tradition, as I have, you may have learned that prayer is a spiritual and intellectual experience, not a bodily one. Prayer is…

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