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Read more about the article Church Camp: Belonging, Betrayal, and New Beginnings

Church Camp: Belonging, Betrayal, and New Beginnings

  • Post published:April 25, 2025
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Roasted marshmallows, campfire stories, shaving cream battles—for some of us, Christian summer camp is where we felt most at home. But for campers at white Evangelical church camps in particular,…

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Read more about the article S8 E16 | Why I Haven’t Sent My Kids to Church Camp with Cara Meredith
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S8 E16 | Why I Haven’t Sent My Kids to Church Camp with Cara Meredith

  • Post published:April 22, 2025
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Apple YouTube Spotify More! For some of us, Christian summer camp is where we felt most at home. But for campers at white Evangelical church camps in particular, camp was…

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Read more about the article Honoring the Good, the Hard, and the In Between

Honoring the Good, the Hard, and the In Between

  • Post published:April 10, 2025
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There’s something special about connecting with a person who not only lives in the small town where you grew up, but also shares a similar parenting journey. That’s how I…

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Read more about the article S8 E15 | Reimagining Family Life with Autism with Adrian Wood, PhD

S8 E15 | Reimagining Family Life with Autism with Adrian Wood, PhD

  • Post published:April 8, 2025
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Apple YouTube Spotify More! How do we redefine success, community, and family when parenting a child with disabilities? In this conversation, Amy Julia Becker and Adrian Wood, PhD, creator of…

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Read more about the article Spring Break With Our Teenagers

Spring Break With Our Teenagers

  • Post published:March 31, 2025
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I am perhaps one of the rare parents who LOVES parenting teenagers, and being with all three of them for a few uninterrupted days in Florida was glorious. We played…

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Advocacy: A Bridge to Belonging

  • Post published:February 13, 2025
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A parent recently made a suggestion to me that I hadn’t ever thought of before. I was speaking about Reimagining Family Life with Disability and the importance of connecting to…

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Read more about the article I Wish More Churches Would Love Their Neighbors Like This

I Wish More Churches Would Love Their Neighbors Like This

  • Post published:February 12, 2025
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Take delight in who you are (and/or in who your child is). Connect to community. Take the next step towards a good future. I had the chance to share this…

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Read more about the article How to Navigate the Pressures of Modern Family Life

How to Navigate the Pressures of Modern Family Life

  • Post published:February 7, 2025
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Our front hall table is still covered in holiday cards. There are the uber-organized people who sent their cards at Thanksgiving, then the steady stream of happy faces that arrived…

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Read more about the article How to Delight in Our Children

How to Delight in Our Children

  • Post published:January 30, 2025
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As humans, we need to know that other people delight in who we are. Psychologists tell us it’s a core need, and they say we actually can never have too…

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Read more about the article S8 E9 | How to Talk About Disability with Carrie Hahn

S8 E9 | How to Talk About Disability with Carrie Hahn

  • Post published:January 28, 2025
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Apple YouTube Spotify More!  Is disability a tragedy? Are disabled people “inspiring”? The language we use often reveals our assumptions about disability. Carrie Hahn, a pediatric speech-language pathologist and mother,…

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