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Read more about the article The Truest Truth: What Hope Heals Camp Reveals About the Real World

The Truest Truth: What Hope Heals Camp Reveals About the Real World

  • Post published:July 29, 2026
  • Post category:Disability/Faith
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I always return from Hope Heals Camp and struggle to convey our experience in words. I walk away with all sorts of stories, and I will share some of those in the…

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Read more about the article When You Can’t Pray: How Friendship and Hope Carry Us Through Suffering

When You Can’t Pray: How Friendship and Hope Carry Us Through Suffering

  • Post published:July 23, 2026
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I found that I couldn’t pray after the doctor told us that our daughter had Down syndrome. I didn’t have the words, the answers, or even the faith to know…

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Read more about the article When God Feels Absent: How Faith Makes Room for Doubt and Hope with Christian Wiman

When God Feels Absent: How Faith Makes Room for Doubt and Hope with Christian Wiman

  • Post published:July 21, 2026
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REIMAGINING THE GOOD LIFE PODCAST S10 E10—What holds us when life doesn’t turn out the way we hoped? Poet Christian Wiman joins Amy Julia Becker to talk about suffering, joy,…

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Read more about the article Who Belongs? Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Nazi Germany, and the Meaning of Human Dignity

Who Belongs? Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Nazi Germany, and the Meaning of Human Dignity

  • Post published:July 12, 2026
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In Nazi Germany, two very different answers emerged to the question: Who belongs? Brian Brock describes how one answer took shape at the Bethel sanatorium, which Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German…

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Read more about the article Who Counts as Human? with Brian Brock, PhD

Who Counts as Human? with Brian Brock, PhD

  • Post published:July 7, 2026
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REIMAGINING THE GOOD LIFE PODCAST S10 E8—Difference often exposes our tendency to rank people as “better” or “worse.” Theologian Brian Brock, PhD, joins Amy Julia Becker to explore a life…

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Read more about the article Why Forgiveness Isn’t the First Step with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

Why Forgiveness Isn’t the First Step with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

  • Post published:June 30, 2026
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REIMAGINING THE GOOD LIFE PODCAST S10 E7—Saying "I'm sorry" isn't enough to repair personal or institutional harm. Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, author of On Repentance and Repair, joins Amy Julia Becker to…

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Read more about the article What I’m Reading, Watching, and Listening To: June 2026

What I’m Reading, Watching, and Listening To: June 2026

  • Post published:June 17, 2026
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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 June… {Get my favorites…

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Read more about the article Racism, Greed, and the Good Life with Malcolm Foley, PhD
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Racism, Greed, and the Good Life with Malcolm Foley, PhD

  • Post published:June 16, 2026
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REIMAGINING THE GOOD LIFE PODCAST S10 E5—Where does racism come from? Many of us assume it's rooted in hatred or fear, but what if it’s actually rooted in greed? As…

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Read more about the article When Life Doesn’t Turn Out as Planned: Finding Belonging Beyond Unfulfilled Dreams
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When Life Doesn’t Turn Out as Planned: Finding Belonging Beyond Unfulfilled Dreams

  • Post published:June 12, 2026
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I never got a Ph.D. I never became a school chaplain. The life I planned is not, in many ways, the life I got. There are other losses too. I…

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Read more about the article The Life You Planned vs. the Life You Got with Karen Swallow Prior, PhD

The Life You Planned vs. the Life You Got with Karen Swallow Prior, PhD

  • Post published:June 9, 2026
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REIMAGINING THE GOOD LIFE PODCAST S10 E4—Do you ever wonder what your life would look like if you had made different decisions a long time ago? Author Karen Swallow Prior…

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Prepare Him Room: Advent Reflections on What Happens When God Shows Up

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