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Author: Amy Julia Becker

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I’m Speaking at the Writing for Your Life Conference

  • Post published:April 22, 2022
  • Post category:Speaking/Writing
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

For those of you who are writers, or for those of you who are interested in how and why I write about the things I write about, I would love…

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Read more about the article Liuan Huska Endorses To Be Made Well

Liuan Huska Endorses To Be Made Well

  • Post published:April 21, 2022
  • Post category:Books/Healing/Writing
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

I’m so grateful for the women and men who endorsed To Be Made Well. Liuan Huska’s words are especially meaningful because she has written her own beautiful and complex exploration…

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Read more about the article The Link-Up (March/April 2022)

The Link-Up (March/April 2022)

  • Post published:April 20, 2022
  • Post category:AJB Recommends
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My top 5 recommendations of what to read, watch, or listen to from the past month that I shared in my monthly update (you can subscribe to the updates here): The…

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Read more about the article Easter 2022: Sweatpants, Social Distancing, Sickness, and Hope
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Easter 2022: Sweatpants, Social Distancing, Sickness, and Hope

  • Post published:April 20, 2022
  • Post category:Faith/Family/Healing
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I tested positive for Covid on Sunday morning. Penny had tested positive a few days before. Forty-five people were planning to come for lunch after church.  So I went to…

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S5 E17 | The Role and the Limits of Medicine with Dr. Matthew Loftus

  • Post published:April 19, 2022
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 When we need healing, is medicine the only solution? Dr. Matthew Loftus talks with Amy Julia Becker about both the limits and the role of medicine connected to healing, wholeness,…

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Can Disability and Blessing Go Hand in Hand?

  • Post published:April 18, 2022
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Can disability and blessing go hand in hand?   For a long time, I didn’t think so. And I still don’t understand how and when our genetic codes and bodies…

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TIME: How Disability Changed What Easter Means to My Family

  • Post published:April 16, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Faith/Family
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I wrote an essay for TIME that came out today: How Disability Changed What Easter Means to My Family. As I write in this essay, when our daughter Penny was…

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Waiting on Easter Saturday

  • Post published:April 16, 2022
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I never know what to do with myself on Holy Saturday.  Saturday comes, and I’m getting ready for people to come over for Easter. I’m stressing out that I didn’t…

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To Be Made Well: Justice

  • Post published:April 14, 2022
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I used to think that justice was about law courts and whether or not people should be fined or go to jail or not. My understanding of justice was narrow…

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Holy Week Is About Unmet Expectations

  • Post published:April 14, 2022
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When I have unmet expectations for God, I begin to spiral into shame and fear. I don’t doubt God in general. I doubt myself. I doubt that God’s love is…

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