3 Ways to Find an Ordinary Church
We need to go back to church. I feel like a little old lady wagging a scolding finger when I write that, and the last thing I want to do…
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Life to the Full Series
Who do you follow on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter? I follow a host of other writers, parents of kids with Down syndrome and other disabilities, social justice activists, and people of…
Self-Care in Seasons of Stress
The past month has included three kids finishing the school year at three different schools, Peter coming to the end of his tenure at a fourth school, and getting ready…
S6 E21 | A Good Life, A Good Death with Dr. Lydia Dugdale
How do we prepare now to die well? Can we reimagine care of the dying in all of its messiness as a gift? Dr. Lydia Dugdale, a medical ethicist, internal medicine…
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A Reservoir of Hope
How can we build up a reservoir of hope? Last year, when I was teaching the young children at Hope Heals camp, we talked about a verse from Romans 15:13:…
Hillsong was extraordinary. That’s the problem. | RNS
I watched the FX documentary, The Secrets of Hillsong last week, and it struck me that the allure of Hillsong was also the cause of its downfall. If you aren’t…
June Introductions
Hi! If you’re new around here, I’m Amy Julia (double name–I also go by AJ). This lovely little corner of the internet continues to grow, so I wanted to say…
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What Would You Say to Your Teenage Self?
People ask me all the time what I would say to my teenage self. I was a hyper-driven achiever with a severe eating disorder that resulted in multiple hospitalizations and…
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Faithfulness Is Love Over Time
Faithfulness is love over time. Steady, loyal, consistent love. Even when we don’t believe that love exists.Even when we reject that love. Even when we don’t return that love. God…
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Why a Superbloom Is an Image of Hope for Us
I just learned the word superbloom. According to Dana Goodyear, writing for the New Yorker (in a GORGEOUS photo essay), a superbloom happens when there is so much rain that…
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