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Read more about the article Heroin(e): We Are All Broken and Beautiful

Heroin(e): We Are All Broken and Beautiful

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:February 3, 2023
  • Post category:AJB Recommends/Healing
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I’m lying in my bed today because I just had oral surgery. It’s not a big deal, but the anesthesia wipes me out, and it is possible that I will…

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Read more about the article Please Don’t Call Anyone Low-Functioning
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Please Don’t Call Anyone Low-Functioning

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:November 14, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome
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I’ve been trying to figure out why it bothers me to hear people described as “high functioning” and “low functioning.” The other day, a friend of mine mentioned that a…

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Read more about the article S5 E18 | Living as a Person in a Technological World with Andy Crouch

S5 E18 | Living as a Person in a Technological World with Andy Crouch

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 3, 2022
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How do we reclaim personhood and relationships in a technological world? Andy Crouch, author of The Life We’re Looking For, talks with me about technology and what it means to…

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Read more about the article A Glimpse of Heaven

A Glimpse of Heaven

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:January 21, 2022
  • Post category:AJB Recommends/Privilege and Race
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I did not expect to catch a glimpse of heaven in a TIME magazine article about food waste. But then I started reading about Massimo Bottura, a world-renowned chef who…

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Read more about the article Loves Looks to Move Towards One Another

Loves Looks to Move Towards One Another

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:December 7, 2021
  • Post category:Disability
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My friend’s son was whistling in class. The other kids were annoyed. Another friend’s daughter drools a lot and other kids think it’s “gross.” Some kids smell bad. Others make…

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Read more about the article Meritocracy Is the Antithesis to Love | Plough Essay

Meritocracy Is the Antithesis to Love | Plough Essay

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:December 2, 2021
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome
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Meritocracy is the antithesis to love.  I first wrote those words almost two years ago, when we were traveling cross-country and we were taking regular hikes as a family. On…

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Read more about the article We Are Not as Divided as We Think We Are

We Are Not as Divided as We Think We Are

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:November 1, 2021
  • Post category:Healing/Privilege and Race
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We are not as divided as we think we are. Climate Change Katharine Hayhoe, a climate scientist and an evangelical Christian, mentioned on a podcast that only 7 percent of…

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Read more about the article I Know to Expect Penny To Be Human

I Know to Expect Penny To Be Human

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:August 30, 2021
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome
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I look back on these words I wrote about Penny so many years ago in A Good and Perfect Gift, and I think, Yes. That’s it. I was no longer…

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Read more about the article An Accelerated Course in Love

An Accelerated Course in Love

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:August 16, 2021
  • Post category:Books/Disability/Down Syndrome/Family
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An accelerated course in love—“...every time I recognized the purity of my love for Penny, I was dying to an old part of myself, an old part that thought the…

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Read more about the article Blurring the Lines of Disability

Blurring the Lines of Disability

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:August 9, 2021
  • Post category:Disability/Healing
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I love that at Hope Heals Camp several weeks ago, people with disabilities served as volunteers. And lots of able-bodied people came as campers (who had family members with disabilities).…

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