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Author: Amy Julia Becker

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Read more about the article Friday Favorites: The Best of Enemies

Friday Favorites: The Best of Enemies

  • Post published:October 29, 2021
  • Post category:AJB Recommends/Healing
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If you like true stories that are also inspirational and suggest that love really can overcome hatred and fear, you have to watch The Best of Enemies. The Best of…

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Small Talk Book Birthday

  • Post published:October 28, 2021
  • Post category:Books/Family/Parenting
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

I got to hold a baby yesterday. A bright-eyed baby who smells soft and sweet (I know—how does someone smell soft, but she really did) and who cries and grabs…

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Read more about the article Why I Need to Follow Black Jesus

Why I Need to Follow Black Jesus

  • Post published:October 27, 2021
  • Post category:Faith/Privilege and Race
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For years, the idea of “Black Jesus” confused me. I understood why we needed to subvert the all-too-familiar image of Jesus as blonde-haired and blue-eyed. Jesus was Jewish and grew…

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Read more about the article Down Syndrome Awareness Month: Awareness Would Be Enough

Down Syndrome Awareness Month: Awareness Would Be Enough

  • Post published:October 26, 2021
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome
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I used to think that “awareness” was too small a word for what we need in order to change the perceptions and reality for people with Down syndrome like our…

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Read more about the article God Works in Small, Hidden Ways

God Works in Small, Hidden Ways

  • Post published:October 25, 2021
  • Post category:Faith/Healing/Privilege and Race/Speaking
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Slow, local, messy. Small, hidden, unnoticed. Patient, gentle, kind.  These are the words I tend to use to describe the work of God’s Spirit in our lives and in the…

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Waiting and Sharing and Parenting

  • Post published:October 23, 2021
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“I really need my own laptop for school.” I’m not going to name which child uttered these words, because they each feel the same way. They feel that they need…

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A Few of My Favorite Things: Week 10 | Three New Books

  • Post published:October 22, 2021
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Ending the day without anxiety. Receiving spiritual truth and practical wisdom from another mother of a child with a disability. And entering into a story about the extravagant tenderness of…

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Read more about the article Down Syndrome Awareness Month: The Apple Doesn’t Fall From the Tree

Down Syndrome Awareness Month: The Apple Doesn’t Fall From the Tree

  • Post published:October 21, 2021
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Family
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“The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” That’s what my sister wrote to me after I showed her an email from Penny. Penny, unprompted, had sent me a Google…

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Read more about the article Advent Devotional: Prepare Him Room

Advent Devotional: Prepare Him Room

  • Post published:October 20, 2021
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I love the spiritual side of Christmas. I’d love to offer you a way to remember and reflect on the spiritual side of Christmas this year too. (I know it’s…

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Read more about the article S5 E4 | What’s So Controversial About Critical Race Theory? with David Bailey

S5 E4 | What’s So Controversial About Critical Race Theory? with David Bailey

  • Post published:October 19, 2021
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We’ve heard the rhetoric that demonizes Critical Race Theory. But should citizens of the Kingdom of God have a different response? David Bailey, executive director of Arrabon, talks with Amy…

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