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Read more about the article S6 E12 | How to Cultivate Racial Healing with David M. Bailey

S6 E12 | How to Cultivate Racial Healing with David M. Bailey

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:February 7, 2023
  • Post category:Healing/Podcast/Privilege and Race
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 In the wake of Tyre Nichols’ death in Memphis, David M. Bailey, founder of Arrabon, talks with Amy Julia Becker about the long, deep, painful, hopeful work of healing in…

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Read more about the article S6 E9 | Spiritual Timekeeping in a New Year with James K. A. Smith

S6 E9 | Spiritual Timekeeping in a New Year with James K. A. Smith

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:December 27, 2022
  • Post category:Faith/Podcast
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Do you feel like there isn’t enough time or wish you could just get a better hold on time? This episode is a chance to enter into a way of…

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Read more about the article Hoping FOR vs Hoping IN
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Hoping FOR vs Hoping IN

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:September 8, 2022
  • Post category:Faith/Healing
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There’s a big difference between hoping FOR something and hoping IN someone. I get them confused all the time, and I end up feeling foolish for having had hope.  If…

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Read more about the article Hope Heals: Partnership of Hope and Healing

Hope Heals: Partnership of Hope and Healing

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 5, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Healing
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Last week, I had the honor of spending 24 hours with the board and staff and co-founders of Hope Heals.  The time reminded me of many truths, including that the…

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Read more about the article A Place for Extravagant Beauty

A Place for Extravagant Beauty

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:April 27, 2022
  • Post category:Faith/Healing
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Flowers serve a purpose, I know, evolutionarily. But I’ve been gazing at this arrangement of flowers leftover from Sunday’s party and thinking how absurd it is. How funny and winsome…

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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 author:Amy Julia Becker
  • 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 A Few of My Favorite Things: Week 7 | Words of Hope

A Few of My Favorite Things: Week 7 | Words of Hope

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:September 24, 2021
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I have both read and listened to so much thoughtful, wise, hopeful writing and conversation this week. I hope you’ll be able to enjoy some of these words of hope…

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Read more about the article A Few of My Favorite Things: Week 4 | Braiding Sweetgrass

A Few of My Favorite Things: Week 4 | Braiding Sweetgrass

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:September 3, 2021
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So yesterday, I spent the day cleaning out my parents’ basement after five feet of water rushed in and flooded all the Christmas decorations that Mom has collected over the…

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Read more about the article How Love Is Like a Vaccine

How Love Is Like a Vaccine

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:January 20, 2021
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What if love is like a vaccine against fear? Many of us approach this Inauguration Day with hope. Hope that we will turn a corner on this pandemic. Hope for…

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Read more about the article AJB Recommends: All the Fascinating Ideas

AJB Recommends: All the Fascinating Ideas

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:December 11, 2020
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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 and didn’t reply to email…

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