Healing Posts
FINAL Final Draft of To Be Made Well
My current stack of books: When the Body Says No Life of the Beloved God’s Hotel No Cure for Being Human Becoming Friends of
S5 E5 | The Enneagram: A Tool for Healing with Suzanne Stabile
In a society filled with disconnect and division, how can the Enneagram guide us toward compassionate living within our communities? Suzanne Stabile, teacher and author
Gratitude Is a Part of Healing
Is gratitude a part of healing? This past week, I read a healing story in Luke 17. Ten men with leprosy cry out to Jesus
The Most Important Work Is Repair
I said something to Penny a few days ago that made her cry, which makes me think today of the important work of repair. I
AJB Recommends: Spiritual Practices for Personal and Social Healing
It’s hard to heal myself. It’s hard to even admit I need healing, much less figure out how to do whatever it takes or what
Agents of God’s Healing and Grace
“We are being shaped into either the wholeness of the image of Christ or horribly destructive caricature of that image…We become either agents of God’s
What Is My Body Telling Me?
My back left tooth has been hurting for six weeks now. I passed it off as stress early on, but it got to a point
S4 E8 | How Love Rescued Me From the Streets with Dorris Walker-Taylor
Is healing possible for women coming out of abuse, addiction, sex trafficking, and prostitution? Thistle Farms ambassador, Dorris Walker-Taylor, tells her story of being rescued
S4 E6 | The Reunited States: Love Big Enough to Heal with Erin Leaverton
Erin and David Leaverton sold their house, loaded their three, young children into an RV, and traveled the country for a year. Their family’s journey
Hospitals and Hospitality: Places of Healing
I was reminded recently (by Victoria Sweet, author of God’s Hotel) that hospital and hospitality share the same root word. I tend to think of
S4 E4 | Spiritual Practices That Heal with Rich Villodas
How do spiritual practices equip us to participate in God’s healing work in the world? Rich Villodas, pastor and author of The Deeply Formed Life,
S4 E3 | How Brokenness Brings Healing with Katherine Wolf
Can God truly heal, redeem, and transform brokenness? Katherine Wolf, coauthor of Suffer Strong and co-founder of Hope Heals, talks with Amy Julia about the
S4 E2 | Where Is God When the Pain Won’t Stop? with Liuan Huska
Liuan Huska, author of Hurting Yet Whole, talks with Amy Julia about chronic pain and illness, experiencing wholeness while living in suffering, and the relationship
The Healing Work of Salvation
How is salvation “healing work”? Early on in Matthew’s Gospel, he writes that the angel told Joseph to name Mary’s son Jesus because he would
AJB Recommends: All the Fascinating Ideas
I have so many fascinating ideas to share for you to consider! I took the whole week of Thanksgiving off. I shut down my laptop
The Power of Saying “I’m Sorry”
Is there power in saying, “I’m sorry”? The nurse at Penny’s school called me to tell me that Penny had a sore throat and a
I’m Writing a New Book! Really and Truly!
So I’m really and truly working on a new book after letting it simmer in my brain and heart for the past few years. I
S3 E20 | When Love Is Our Home, Healing Begins
Do we want to get well? Within the reality of the harm of privilege and ongoing division, Amy Julia concludes this season of the podcast
