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Read more about the article A Few of My Favorite Things: Week 10 | Three New Books

A Few of My Favorite Things: Week 10 | Three New Books

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:October 22, 2021
  • Post category:AJB Recommends/Disability/Parenting
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Ending the day without anxiety. Receiving spiritual truth and practical wisdom from another mother of a child with a disability. And entering into a story about the extravagant tenderness of…

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Read more about the article Healing Is Not an Achievement

Healing Is Not an Achievement

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:October 11, 2021
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Healing is not an achievement.  It is not something where if we just work long enough, just eat the right foods or say the right prayers or believe better or…

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Read more about the article What if I Want To Name-Drop the God of Love?

What if I Want To Name-Drop the God of Love?

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:October 4, 2021
  • Post category:Faith/Healing/Privilege and Race
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Have you ever felt really proud to know someone?  I’m thinking of growing up with someone who becomes a celebrity. I have one such person in my life. She’s not…

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Read more about the article Is Personal Healing Opposed to Social Healing?

Is Personal Healing Opposed to Social Healing?

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:September 27, 2021
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I used to act as though personal healing and social healing were opposed to each other.  If I make time to take care of myself, I don’t have time to…

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Read more about the article Like Trees, We Need Stress in Our Lives

Like Trees, We Need Stress in Our Lives

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  • Post published:September 22, 2021
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I just learned that trees die without stress. A friend told me about the experiment of biosphere 2, where scientists tried to understand how our ecosystems work. One thing they…

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Read more about the article Return to Belovedness

Return to Belovedness

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  • Post published:September 20, 2021
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“We are intimately loved long before our parents, teachers, spouses, children and friends loved or wounded us.” —Henri Nouwen, Life of the Beloved I’m rereading Nouwen’s Life of the Beloved…

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Read more about the article The Bible Is Not About Behavior Management

The Bible Is Not About Behavior Management

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:September 14, 2021
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I often misinterpret the words in the Bible as behavior management, when they are really invitations to surrender to love. Jesus says: “Do not judge, and you will not be…

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Read more about the article On 9/11, We Remember That Love Is Stronger Than Fear

On 9/11, We Remember That Love Is Stronger Than Fear

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:September 11, 2021
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[If you are looking for my Love Is Stronger Than Fear podcast, please go here.] Evil is always (and only) a distortion of the good. This world was created good,…

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Read more about the article Do You Want More?

Do You Want More?

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:August 26, 2021
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What if there is so much more life available to all of us than we even dare to hope or believe? What if we are drinking from puddles when reservoirs…

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Read more about the article Tired of Myself, but God Is Not Tired of Me

Tired of Myself, but God Is Not Tired of Me

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  • Post published:July 15, 2021
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I make the same mistakes, commit the same sins, turn back to the same unhelpful habits over and over again.  For me, these repetitive issues come under three banners. There’s…

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