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Return to Belovedness

  • Post published:September 20, 2021
  • Post category:Faith/Healing
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

“We are intimately loved long before our parents, teachers, spouses, children and friends loved or wounded us.” —Henri Nouwen, Life of the Beloved I’m rereading Nouwen’s Life of the Beloved…

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Read more about the article What’s Wrong With Having Down Syndrome?

What’s Wrong With Having Down Syndrome?

  • Post published:September 16, 2021
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Faith/Family
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

What’s wrong with having Down syndrome? It was a question I asked many years ago, when our daughter Penny was first diagnosed with an extra copy of the 21st chromosome.…

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Read more about the article The Bible Is Not About Behavior Management

The Bible Is Not About Behavior Management

  • Post published:September 14, 2021
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I often misinterpret the words in the Bible as behavior management, when they are really invitations to surrender to love. Jesus says: “Do not judge, and you will not be…

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Read more about the article On 9/11, We Remember That Love Is Stronger Than Fear

On 9/11, We Remember That Love Is Stronger Than Fear

  • Post published:September 11, 2021
  • Post category:Current Events/Faith/Healing
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[If you are looking for my Love Is Stronger Than Fear podcast, please go here.] Evil is always (and only) a distortion of the good. This world was created good,…

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Read more about the article A Reminder to Love

A Reminder to Love

  • Post published:September 2, 2021
  • Post category:Faith/Healing/Privilege and Race
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We are living in a time of dissension and conflict about almost everything—from Critical Race Theory to LGBTQ+ rights to wearing masks to who should be able to vote. It’s…

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Read more about the article Welcome! (And Some Random Facts About Me!)

Welcome! (And Some Random Facts About Me!)

  • Post published:August 28, 2021
  • Post category:Faith/Family/Writing
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It is so fun and encouraging to watch this community grow. I love learning from you all and hearing where you’re coming from. Recently, we’ve had hundreds of new people…

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Read more about the article Do You Want More?

Do You Want More?

  • Post published:August 26, 2021
  • Post category:Faith/Healing
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What if there is so much more life available to all of us than we even dare to hope or believe? What if we are drinking from puddles when reservoirs…

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Read more about the article Free PDF: A Guide to Body Prayers

Free PDF: A Guide to Body Prayers

  • Post published:August 24, 2021
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Free PDF: A Guide to Body Prayers Do our bodies use pain and illness to send signals to our hearts and minds? I’ve started to believe they do, at least…

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Read more about the article What Our Bodies Are Like in Heaven

What Our Bodies Are Like in Heaven

  • Post published:August 19, 2021
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Faith
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What will our bodies look like in heaven? To push the point a little bit, what will the bodies of people with disabilities look like in heaven? What will our…

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Getting It Wrong

  • Post published:August 18, 2021
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“We grow much more spiritually by getting it wrong than by getting it right.” —Richard Rohr, Falling Upward I really don’t want this to be true. I would really like…

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