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Read more about the article Small Talk Is 8!

Small Talk Is 8!

  • Post published:October 28, 2022
  • Post category:Books/Family/Parenting
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We’re celebrating the eight-year birthday/anniversary of my book Small Talk: Learning from My Children About What Matters Most. I hope you’ll join me in enjoying these words! (You can watch…

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Read more about the article S5 E20 | Disability Belongs in Church with Dr. Amy Kenny

S5 E20 | Disability Belongs in Church with Dr. Amy Kenny

  • Post published:May 31, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Faith/Podcast
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

While Jesus welcomed the disabled, the poor, and the outcast, Christian communities are often spaces of exclusion. Dr. Amy Kenny is a disabled scholar, a Shakespeare Lecturer, and the author…

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Read more about the article To Be Made Well for Your Church

To Be Made Well for Your Church

  • Post published:April 11, 2022
  • Post category:Books/Faith/Healing/Writing
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

I just got the most encouraging news. My pastor called and told me that she and our associate pastor had talked about what they wanted to do for our summer…

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Read more about the article S5 E14 | The Beauty and Wounding of This Here Flesh with Cole Arthur Riley

S5 E14 | The Beauty and Wounding of This Here Flesh with Cole Arthur Riley

  • Post published:March 8, 2022
  • Post category:Faith/Healing/Podcast/Privilege and Race
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The effects of trauma often surface in our embodied existence. What about hope? Cole Arthur Riley, author of This Here Flesh and creator of Black Liturgies, talks with Amy Julia…

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Read more about the article Without People with Disabilities, We Are Missing Out
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Without People with Disabilities, We Are Missing Out

  • Post published:March 7, 2022
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If your church doesn’t have any participating members with intellectual disabilities, you are missing out on knowing the fullness of who God is.  I’ve been reading Brian Brock’s wonderful book,…

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Read more about the article The Hidden Impact of Abled Privilege in the Church | Faithward

The Hidden Impact of Abled Privilege in the Church | Faithward

  • Post published:July 21, 2021
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Faith
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“One of the insidious harms of privilege is the subtle way it convinces people that some are more valuable and necessary to the body of Christ than others.” - Amy…

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Read more about the article S3 E6 | Now Is the Time for Justice with Jemar Tisby

S3 E6 | Now Is the Time for Justice with Jemar Tisby

  • Post published:July 28, 2020
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How do we find hope, particularly in white American churches, when our history and identity is intertwined with racism? How does knowing who we were—and who we are—help us move…

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Read more about the article What Should We Do About Segregated Sunday Mornings?

What Should We Do About Segregated Sunday Mornings?

  • Post published:July 15, 2020
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The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously said that 11 a.m. on Sunday morning was “the most segregated hour of the week” across the United States. Fifty years after…

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Read more about the article Christianity Today Essays: Racial Healing Within the Church

Christianity Today Essays: Racial Healing Within the Church

  • Post published:July 6, 2020
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Six years ago, I decided to run a series of essays on my blog at Christianity Today about racial reconciliation and healing within the church. I commissioned essays from writers…

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Read more about the article Summer Rewind: Why We Still Go To Church

Summer Rewind: Why We Still Go To Church

  • Post published:August 21, 2019
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Summertime is the hardest time for us to convince our kids, and ourselves, to go to church on Sunday mornings. They want to go to the beach. They want to…

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