When I was a kid, we spent two weeks at my grandparent’s beach house every summer. It was a simple cottage with painted wooden floors and sheets and blankets that had been in use for decades, and an outdoor shower. We ate outside and played cards and kick the can and explored the shoreline. […]
The Difference between Hardship and Suffering, and Why It Matters
Here are some of my thoughts from this past week, which include my thoughts and questions about hardship and suffering, a video about what it means to follow people in general and Jesus in particular, and some recommendations for listening and reading. Enjoy! May 30,2018 Recently I have been thinking about hardship and about suffering […]
Can Stories with Disability Have a Happy Ending?
Once a week I compile the thoughts I’ve shared on my Facebook Author Page into one blog post. As it happened, last week on Monday I wrote a post (see May 21 below) about what it takes for people to change their minds. Then on Wednesday, I received a message from a woman whose family […]
Why Bother Reading What Amy Julia Becker Writes?
Once a week I compile the reflections I’ve offered on Facebook into one blogpost. Here are the thoughts from the past five days: Monday, April 23, 2018 Do you ever feel like you have too much doubt to have faith? Too many questions about God and not enough encounters with God? I had a chance […]
Worry is a Prayer We Pray to Ourselves
Once a week I compile the reflections I’ve offered on Facebook into one blogpost. Here are the thoughts from the past five days: Monday, April 16, 2018 Such a wonderful time at the Festival of Faith and Writing at Calvin College last week. I moderated a panel called “Family Business: the Perils and Possibilities of […]
Eight Ideas to Help Your Child Develop a Love of Reading
Once a week I compile the reflections I’ve offered on Facebook into one blogpost. Here are the thoughts from the past five days: Monday, April 9, 2018 In my new ebook, A Serious Pleasure, (available for free) I include 10 book recommendations from each of our children. Over the weekend, I asked Penny to share […]
