The Life You Planned vs. the Life You Got with Karen Swallow Prior, PhD
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…
The Spirituality of Weariness with Tish Harrison Warren
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,…
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When Suffering Doesn’t Lead to Hope: What I Missed in Romans 5
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…
Surrendering Time: When Our Strength Becomes Our Struggle
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 – What’s Next? {Season 10}
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,…
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Why Naming Grief in Community Makes Hope Possible
Why does naming grief in community make hope possible? We often imagine hope as something we generate internally, but so much of hope is actually formed in relationship. It emerges…
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Regret, Gratitude, and Middle Age: Learning to Receive the Life You’ve Been Given
No one ever told me that middle age would be marked by regret. I didn’t know the “choose your own adventure” of my upper-middle class existence would come to an…
After Diagnosis: Grief Isn’t the End of the Story with Dr. Curt Thompson
TAKE THE NEXT STEP PODCAST E21—As the mom of a daughter with Down syndrome, I have felt my fair share of complicated emotions over these past twenty years. And sometimes,…
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The Garden at Golgotha: Finding Life and Hope in the Midst of Death
A garden grew where they crucified Jesus. I was reading the story of Jesus' death in John's Gospel today, and I noticed something I had never seen before. John writes,…
Why I’m Choosing Pro-Aging at 49
Today I turned 49 years old. Happy birthday to me! It’s been a year of feeling my age. I notice the sun spots on my face and arms. I wonder…
