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Author: Amy Julia Becker

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“I Don’t Want Anyone to ‘Fix’ My Kid”

  • Post published:April 1, 2022
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I listened to Heather Kirn Lanier and Bishop Curry in a beautiful conversation about disability and parenting and what it means to believe that we each are beloved as we…

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David Swanson Endorses To Be Made Well

  • Post published:March 31, 2022
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One of the riskiest messages of To Be Made Well is that healing is available for everyone. Every single person. In every body and every place of distress and disease…

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Waking Up Disappointed With Myself

  • Post published:March 30, 2022
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I woke up feeling despondent about the second glass of wine from the night before. Feeling worried about the tightness in my jeans. Feeling disappointed in all the things I…

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Alcohol-Related Deaths Are Up

  • Post published:March 29, 2022
  • Post category:Healing
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Alcohol-related deaths were up 25 percent (compared to an average annual increase of 3-5 percent) during the pandemic, the New York Times reported. That’s a huge increase. For people under…

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“I’m Not Enough” and “I’m Too Much” Are Both Catch Phrases for Shame

  • Post published:March 28, 2022
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I’m not enough.  I’m too much. It took me a LONG time to realize that both of these statements are catch-phrases for shame.  It also took me a LONG time…

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Overcoming Perfectionism for Us and for Our Kids

  • Post published:March 26, 2022
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Overcoming perfectionism is hard. Our kids all struggle with perfectionism of different kinds. I won’t go into all the details, but it’s hard for all of us to take risks,…

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To Be Made Well | Discussion Guide

  • Post published:March 25, 2022
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Do you want to be made well? Jesus asks this question of a man who has been lying by a pool with supposed healing powers.  Jesus asks this question of…

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Ted Cruz and KBJ and MLK and Colorblindness

  • Post published:March 25, 2022
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Ted Cruz interrogated Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson earlier this week, and before he did so he called upon Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream" speech. Cruz referenced…

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Lent Is Not About Sacrifice. It Is About Desire.

  • Post published:March 24, 2022
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I’m starting to understand Lent as a time to notice my surface desires and say no to them, just for a moment.  I “gave up” potato chips this year. This…

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5-Book Giveaway: Contentment and Wholeness

  • Post published:March 23, 2022
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This bundle of books in the 5-book giveaway is a multi-faceted look at how we can live with greater contentment and wholeness as parents, as individuals, in community, and in…

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