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Creating Belonging in Diverse Communities

  • Post published:October 2, 2025
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I wrote a few weeks ago about curiosity as an act of belonging. I also had a chance to go to Baylor University for a few lovely days of conversation and connection that only…

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Read more about the article Can We Disagree and Still Belong Together

Can We Disagree and Still Belong Together

  • Post published:September 18, 2025
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I recently spoke about what it looks like to become communities of belonging. I’m aware that many of our communities are places where we only belong if we all think…

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Where Joy and Discomfort Meet

  • Post published:August 14, 2025
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I know many of you are already back to school, or close to it. Here in Connecticut, we still have a few weeks of summertime. Our kids are playing Monopoly…

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You Don’t Have to Climb Toward Hope

  • Post published:August 12, 2025
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“What if hope’s not a rope you hold on to? What if it’s the arms that have always held you?” My new favorite song is Ellie Holcomb’s “Hope’s Gonna’ Find…

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How Love Disrupts the Hierarchy

  • Post published:July 31, 2025
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You may have noticed that I didn’t write a Substack last week. I took the week off because I was at Hope Heals Camp in Nauvoo, Alabama, with our family.…

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When the Eye Twitch Comes Back—And What That Has to Do With Hope

  • Post published:June 27, 2025
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As those of you who have read White Picket Fences may remember, I developed an eye twitch when I was working on that book. So maybe I shouldn’t be surprised that said…

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Cinderella Syndrome

  • Post published:June 15, 2025
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Cinderella syndrome. I coined this phrase in conversation with my counselor a few years ago. I suffer from Cinderella syndrome every time I feel like I can’t do what I…

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Staying Present

  • Post published:June 11, 2025
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The other day, I was stranded in a small town just waiting for William to finish up an exam, pack his dorm room, and summon me to drive him home.…

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How Striving to Be Better Than Others Makes Us Worse

  • Post published:June 5, 2025
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The other day, I was talking with our son, William, who’s a junior in high school. He’s starting to think about where he might want to go to college, and…

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The Cost of Ambition

  • Post published:June 3, 2025
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Apple YouTube Spotify More! Ambition is the air we breathe—but what is it costing us? In this episode, Amy Julia Becker and theologian Miroslav Volf discuss his latest book, The Cost…

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The image is a book cover with the title "From Exclusion to Belonging" by Amy Julia Becker. The cover features a group of four smiling teenagers, including a young woman with Down syndrome in the center. They are dressed in casual clothing and appear to be in an outdoor setting with a blurred background of greenery. The design includes a torn paper effect separating the title text from the image. The title text is in a clean, modern font with "FROM EXCLUSION" at the top and "TO BELONGING" at the bottom, with the author's name displayed below.

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