Blessing | Life to the Full
Jesus made this famous set of odd statements about those who are blessed. He started out with these declarations: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom…
Jesus made this famous set of odd statements about those who are blessed. He started out with these declarations: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom…
Marilee and I were driving to soccer practice the other day (alternating between the Taylor Swift Eras Tour setlist and The Good Girl’s Guide to Murder audiobook), when she said,…
America is supposed to be a “melting pot” or a “salad bowl” in which lots of different types of people live together and intermingle. Still, many of us live within…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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:…
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…
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…