REIMAGINING

THE GOOD LIFE

DISABILITY. FAITH. CULTURE.

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Reimagining Family Life with Disability Workshop

Do you ever feel alone as a parent of a child with a disability? Do you worry that your family doesn’t belong in your community? Do you have questions about your family’s future?

This workshop offers families affected by disability a way to take steps toward a good future. Choose the format that works for you and join me for this transformational workshop that will help you to:

  • Delight in your child
  • Connect with community
  • Take the next step forward
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Amy Julia Becker

Amy Julia Becker helps people reimagine the good life through her writing and speaking on disability, faith, and culture. She is the author of To Be Made Well, White Picket Fences, Small Talk, and A Good and Perfect Gift and the creator of the Reimagining Family Life with Disability workshop. She is a guest opinion writer for national publications and hosts the Reimagining the Good Life podcast. Becker is a graduate of Princeton University and Princeton Theological Seminary (MDiv). She lives with her husband and their three children in western Connecticut.

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A gifted communicator, Amy Julia combines razor-sharp intellect and pastoral presence which afford a much needed clarity to otherwise complex and contentious issues. For this reason and others, her voice has a particular relevance for our present moment.
Kevin BrownPresident, Asbury University
I want to read every word Amy Julia Becker writes. No one I know captures so completely the ache and the joy of being human.
Andy CrouchAuthor of Strong and Weak
I first met Amy Julia Becker in a classic “privilege” moment. She was an editor. I was a writer. I am black. She is white. . . . In her I found a brave combination of many things I respect . . . namely, restraint, fairness, intelligence, curiosity, kindness, courage, hope. . . . This is who you will discover in White Picket Fences.
Patricia RaybonAuthor of My First White Friend: Confessions on Race, Love and Forgiveness
A writer of beauty, bravery, and compassion.
Rachel SimonAuthor of The Story of Beautiful Girl
A Princeton grad, Amy Julia is as sharp as a tack but she also writes with power, emotion and careful theological reflection.
Sharon Hodde MillerAuthor of Nice: Why We Love to be Liked
Amy Julia Becker allows us to enter an important—but not easy—spiritual journey of awakening and enlightenment.
Soong-Chan RahAuthor of Many Colors: Cultural Intelligence for a Changing Church

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February 2025 Favorites

February 28, 2025

Favorite books, essays, podcasts episodes, and more that I enjoyed in the month of February… Books: The Long Call by Ann Cleeves. I don’t typically

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