Skip to content
Skip to content
Amy Julia Becker
  • About
  • Books
    • To Be Made Well
    • White Picket Fences
    • Small Talk
    • A Good and Perfect Gift
    • Advent Devotional
    • Lenten Resources
    • Penelope Ayers
  • Posts
  • Shows
    • Reimagining the Good Life
    • Take the Next Step
  • Speaking
  • Workshop
  • Resources
    • Guides & Resources
    • Substack
    • Articles/Essays
    • Book Contributions
    • Guest Interviews
    • TV Interviews / Videos
    • Press Kit
    • Affiliate Links Disclosure
  • Contact
    • Contact
    • Subscribe
  • Toggle website search
  • About
  • Books
    • To Be Made Well
    • White Picket Fences
    • Small Talk
    • A Good and Perfect Gift
    • Advent Devotional
    • Lenten Resources
    • Penelope Ayers
  • Posts
  • Shows
    • Reimagining the Good Life
    • Take the Next Step
  • Speaking
  • Workshop
  • Resources
    • Guides & Resources
    • Substack
    • Articles/Essays
    • Book Contributions
    • Guest Interviews
    • TV Interviews / Videos
    • Press Kit
    • Affiliate Links Disclosure
  • Contact
    • Contact
    • Subscribe
  • Toggle website search

Faith

Read more about the article How the Spiritual Imagination Moves Us Towards Hope

How the Spiritual Imagination Moves Us Towards Hope

  • Post published:September 12, 2019
  • Post category:Faith
  • Post comments:0 Comments
  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

There’s a lot of goodness in learning how to be present, how to sink deeply into this moment, how to let go of the regrets of the past and the…

Continue ReadingHow the Spiritual Imagination Moves Us Towards Hope
Read more about the article Good Samaritan – Welcome the Stranger

Good Samaritan – Welcome the Stranger

  • Post published:September 11, 2019
  • Post category:Current Events/Faith/Privilege and Race
  • Post comments:4 Comments
  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

The United States’ immigration crisis is on the forefront of my mind after a recent visit to El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Mexico. In this post (the first of a…

Continue ReadingGood Samaritan – Welcome the Stranger
Read more about the article Back to School for the Becker Family – Fall 2019

Back to School for the Becker Family – Fall 2019

  • Post published:September 9, 2019
  • Post category:Faith/Family/Parenting
  • Post comments:0 Comments
  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

We celebrated going back to school last week with a dinner out at our local tavern. I used to ask the kids pretty regularly how they've grown in their bodies,…

Continue ReadingBack to School for the Becker Family – Fall 2019
Read more about the article Inclusive Blessing – How to Express Gratitude and Lament

Inclusive Blessing – How to Express Gratitude and Lament

  • Post published:September 5, 2019
  • Post category:Faith/Privilege and Race
  • Post comments:0 Comments
  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

How do we acknowledge, confess, and lament the sorrows and crimes of our heritage while also honoring and expressing our gratitude our forebears? I heard Darlene Kascak, of the Schaghticoke…

Continue ReadingInclusive Blessing – How to Express Gratitude and Lament
Read more about the article Summer Rewind: How Christians Should Talk About Sex

Summer Rewind: How Christians Should Talk About Sex

  • Post published:August 28, 2019
  • Post category:Faith
  • Post comments:1 Comment
  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Last year the Atlantic reported on the fact that people are having less sex across all demographic sectors in America. Meanwhile, the sexualization of everything and seeing sex as a…

Continue ReadingSummer Rewind: How Christians Should Talk About Sex
Read more about the article What Training for a Half Marathon Teaches Me about my Soul

What Training for a Half Marathon Teaches Me about my Soul

  • Post published:August 27, 2019
  • Post category:Faith
  • Post comments:1 Comment
  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

It still surprises me to note that I am training for a half marathon. Last year, I ran one for the first time and it was my first experience of…

Continue ReadingWhat Training for a Half Marathon Teaches Me about my Soul
Read more about the article Summer Rewind: Why We Still Go To Church

Summer Rewind: Why We Still Go To Church

  • Post published:August 21, 2019
  • Post category:Faith/Family
  • Post comments:0 Comments
  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Summertime is the hardest time for us to convince our kids, and ourselves, to go to church on Sunday mornings. They want to go to the beach. They want to…

Continue ReadingSummer Rewind: Why We Still Go To Church
Read more about the article Love in the Midst of the Mess

Love in the Midst of the Mess

  • Post published:August 18, 2019
  • Post category:Faith/Family
  • Post comments:1 Comment
  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

You may be familiar with the words of 1 Corinthians 13: “Love is patient. Love is kind. It does not envy. It does not boast. It is not rude…” I…

Continue ReadingLove in the Midst of the Mess
Read more about the article What My Blog is About

What My Blog is About

  • Post published:August 10, 2019
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Faith/Privilege and Race/Uncategorized
  • Post comments:0 Comments
  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

If you are new to my blog, welcome! I blog about family, faith, disability, privilege, culture and the intersection of all of these realities. I tend to use events and…

Continue ReadingWhat My Blog is About
Read more about the article Reflections on Suffering… and Love

Reflections on Suffering… and Love

  • Post published:August 9, 2019
  • Post category:Faith
  • Post comments:4 Comments
  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Last week, I spoke with a group of women about the age-old question of how a good God could allow acts of senseless terror and undeserved suffering in this world.…

Continue ReadingReflections on Suffering… and Love
  • Go to the previous page
  • 1
  • …
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • …
  • 57
  • Go to the next page

Home

About

Books

Podcast

Workshop

Resources

Speaking

Facebook Instagram Youtube Pinterest Goodreads Tiktok Linkedin

Subscribe to
Reimagining the Good Life

a letter from me delivered weekly to your inbox

Support my work!
If you benefit from the free content I offer, consider buying one of my books!

Member of the Disability Ministry Network.

Website by FRW Design and photo credits by Cloe Poisson, Chris Cappozziello, Philip Dutton

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.

From Exclusion to Belonging

Get the Free Resource!

An illustrated guide designed to help you identify and create spaces of welcome and belonging—download today!

Advent e-book Prepare Him Room

ADVENT DEVOTIONAL

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

MORE INFO
Skip to content
Open toolbar Accessibility Tools

Accessibility Tools

  • Increase TextIncrease Text
  • Decrease TextDecrease Text
  • GrayscaleGrayscale
  • High ContrastHigh Contrast
  • Negative ContrastNegative Contrast
  • Light BackgroundLight Background
  • Links UnderlineLinks Underline
  • Readable FontReadable Font
  • Reset Reset