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Read more about the article The Lucky Few: Finding Delight and Belonging in Disability
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The Lucky Few: Finding Delight and Belonging in Disability

  • Post published:June 17, 2025
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When Heather Avis says she’s one of “the lucky few,” she means it. In this episode, we talk about growing up with our children with Down syndrome, what it means…

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The Cost of Ambition

  • Post published:June 3, 2025
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Apple YouTube Spotify More! Ambition is the air we breathe—but what is it costing us? In this episode, Amy Julia Becker and theologian Miroslav Volf discuss his latest book, The Cost…

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The Myth of the Perfect Family—and the Truth of Love

  • Post published:May 20, 2025
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Apple YouTube Spotify More! What if the perfect family doesn’t exist—and never was supposed to? Theologian Emily McGowin, PhD, joins Amy Julia Becker to explore family life in America and…

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RFK Jr., Autism, and the Story We Need Instead

  • Post published:May 6, 2025
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Apple YouTube Spotify More!  Is disability a tragedy? Is it a gift? What place is there for grief and for joy in this story of disability so many of us…

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Why I Haven’t Sent My Kids to Church Camp

  • 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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Reimagining Family Life with Autism

  • 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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Want to Change Culture? Show Up With Care

  • Post published:March 25, 2025
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Apple YouTube Spotify More! How does language, both careless and careful, shape our world? What's the connection between social status and the words we choose? How does technology influence our…

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What Solitude Gives Us After Catastrophe

  • Post published:March 11, 2025
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Apple YouTube Spotify More! What happens when we step away from the noise of daily life and into silence? Author Pico Iyer joins Amy Julia Becker to explore the themes…

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Americans & Foreign Aid: A Crisis of Compassion?

  • Post published:March 4, 2025
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Apple YouTube Spotify More! When U.S. foreign aid is frozen, what happens to the people who depend on it? In this episode, Dr. Matthew Loftus and Amy Julia Becker dive…

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Why Religion Still Matters

  • Post published:February 25, 2025
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Apple YouTube Spotify More!  In the work of reimagining, religion can play a significant part. What does it mean to be human? Does God exist? Is the universe good? Is…

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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.

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