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Author: Amy Julia Becker

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Hoping FOR vs Hoping IN

  • Post published:September 8, 2022
  • Post category:Faith/Healing
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

There’s a big difference between hoping FOR something and hoping IN someone. I get them confused all the time, and I end up feeling foolish for having had hope.  If…

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S6 E1 | Good and Beautiful and Kind with Rich Villodas

  • Post published:September 6, 2022
  • Post category:Faith/Healing/Podcast
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Can goodness, beauty, and kindness make any difference at all in a wounded world? Rich Villodas, pastor and author of Good and Beautiful and Kind, talks with Amy Julia Becker about…

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When Shame Becomes Joy and Guilt Becomes Gratitude

  • Post published:September 3, 2022
  • Post category:Family/Healing/Parenting
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Sometimes our sources of shame and guilt can become sources of joy and gratitude. It happened again for me recently, when my aunt and uncle took our kids to Acadia…

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Plaque With KKK Figure Prompts a Question About Remembering History

  • Post published:September 2, 2022
  • Post category:Privilege and Race
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Various news sources reported yesterday on a bronze plaque at West Point that depicts a hooded figure with the words Ku Klux Klan between other images of two Confederate generals.…

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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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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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Northern Complicity in Racial Injustice

  • Post published:August 31, 2022
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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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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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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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A Secret Sign for “I Love a Person With Down Syndrome”

  • Post published:August 24, 2022
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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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The Song of Our Scars

  • Post published:August 23, 2022
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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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The image is a book cover with the title "From Exclusion to Belonging" by Amy Julia Becker. The cover features a group of four smiling teenagers, including a young woman with Down syndrome in the center. They are dressed in casual clothing and appear to be in an outdoor setting with a blurred background of greenery. The design includes a torn paper effect separating the title text from the image. The title text is in a clean, modern font with "FROM EXCLUSION" at the top and "TO BELONGING" at the bottom, with the author's name displayed below.

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