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Read more about the article Body Prayer: Nose

Body Prayer: Nose

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:July 13, 2021
  • Post category:Faith/Healing
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I started sneezing when we were driving home from an end-of-the-summer vacation. I sneezed maybe a dozen times? I said out loud, “Am I suddenly allergic to something?” From the…

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Read more about the article To Be Made Well Has a Cover!

To Be Made Well Has a Cover!

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:July 12, 2021
  • Post category:Healing/Writing
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We have a book cover for To Be Made Well!  I love it. It makes me think of water and cleansing and responding to the invitation to go deeper rather…

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Read more about the article AJB Recommends: The Gifts of Imperfection

AJB Recommends: The Gifts of Imperfection

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:July 9, 2021
  • Post category:AJB Recommends/Healing
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As a recovering perfectionist, I don’t know why I had never picked up Brené Brown’s The Gifts of Imperfection. I wrote my own memoir about perfectionism, A Good and Perfect…

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Truth Can Feel Miserable

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:July 7, 2021
  • Post category:Healing/Privilege and Race
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“Before ‘the truth sets you free,’ it tends to make you miserable.” —Richard Rohr, Falling Upward Truth can feel miserable. I don’t like seeing the truth about myself when it…

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Read more about the article Body Prayer: Back

Body Prayer: Back

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:July 6, 2021
  • Post category:Faith/Healing
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A few months into the Covid-19 pandemic, my back became a board. So tight I thought it might just crack open. And all my friends were saying the same thing—I…

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Read more about the article Pain Is Like a Flashing Light
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Pain Is Like a Flashing Light

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:July 5, 2021
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Pain is like a flashing light, and sometimes, if I pay attention to the message it is sending, the light stops flashing. My physical pain often goes away when I…

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Read more about the article AJB Recommends: Resources for How to Stop Pain Loops

AJB Recommends: Resources for How to Stop Pain Loops

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:July 2, 2021
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Sometimes pain gets stuck in our bodies when it doesn’t need to. Our brains try to protect us by telling us we are in pain, but sometimes the protection feels…

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Read more about the article Body Prayer: Eyes

Body Prayer: Eyes

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:June 29, 2021
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Last summer, a few months into Covid, my eyes started itching. Soon, little dry red patches appeared around them. In terms of connecting my body to my mind and heart,…

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Read more about the article The Quartet of the Vulnerable and Justice

The Quartet of the Vulnerable and Justice

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:June 23, 2021
  • Post category:Faith/Healing/Privilege and Race
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Derek Chauvin will come before a judge for sentencing later this week. He, and we, will learn how much time he will spend behind bars as punishment for his crime…

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Read more about the article Body Prayer: Shoulders

Body Prayer: Shoulders

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:June 22, 2021
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When I was in high school, my shoulders were so tight that I asked my mother if we could go to the doctor. I wanted a muscle relaxer. I didn’t…

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