May 2026 • Worth Your Time
Books, essays, podcast episodes, and more that I think are worth your time, plus recent cultural news that I’m paying attention to in the month of May… {Get my favorites…
Books, essays, podcast episodes, and more that I think are worth your time, plus recent cultural news that I’m paying attention to in the month of May… {Get my favorites…
I read a lot of books, and most I never end up mentioning. But when I was reading Tish Harrison Warren’s book, I stopped mid-sentence, put it down, and picked…
“For blind travelers, it’s like reading a book; for sighted ones, it’s more like watching a film.” I listened to an episode of The Daily over the weekend where Michael Barbaro interviews…
REIMAGINING THE GOOD LIFE PODCAST S10 E2—What do you do when you’ve done all the “right” spiritual things and still feel exhausted? Tish Harrison Warren, a writer and Anglican priest,…
Donald Trump has unveiled his new disparaging nickname for Democrats: “I came up with a new name. I don’t know if I should, the president said, during a rambling hour-long…
When I was in high school, I developed a severe case of gastroparesis, or paralysis of the stomach. There’s lots to say about the six subsequent years of going in…
REIMAGINING THE GOOD LIFE PODCAST S10 E1—When you walk into a room, what does that room tell you about who you are as a human being? What assumptions go into…
My life is messy right now. I can’t keep up with laundry or groceries or deskwork or email. I’m late on sending my sister a birthday gift. I’m late on…
REIMAGINING THE GOOD LIFE PODCAST What makes a life good? In this new season of Reimagining the Good Life, Amy Julia Becker invites listeners into thoughtful conversations about faith, family, disability,…
No one ever told me that middle age, and motherhood, would be marked by regret. I didn’t know the “choose your own adventure” of my upper-middle class existence would come…