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Read more about the article Choosing to Be Present in Suffering

Choosing to Be Present in Suffering

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 27, 2020
  • Post category:Current Events/Faith/Privilege and Race
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For people like me—for people who are white and live in affluence and stability—stories like that of George Floyd are easy to ignore. In the past, I have told myself…

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Read more about the article Head, Heart, Hands Audiobook

Head, Heart, Hands Audiobook

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:April 29, 2020
  • Post category:Podcast/Privilege and Race/Speaking/Writing
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I have a gift for you—a free audiobook of Head, Heart, Hands! After I wrote White Picket Fences, I heard back from many readers that they wanted more. They wanted to…

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Read more about the article How My Daughter Convinced Me We Can Help {Ep 107}

How My Daughter Convinced Me We Can Help {Ep 107}

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:April 28, 2020
  • Post category:Current Events/Faith/Family/Podcast
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My Aunt Jane sent us five masks a few weeks ago (see photo). When the masks came, after we decided who gets which one and did a little modeling, I…

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Read more about the article Privilege, Social Divisions, and COVID-19

Privilege, Social Divisions, and COVID-19

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:April 15, 2020
  • Post category:Current Events/Faith/Podcast/Privilege and Race
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In White Picket Fences, I write, The privilege of whiteness and wealth can become a wall against the privilege of being human, loved not for status or performance but simply…

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Read more about the article #23: Light That Guides Us

#23: Light That Guides Us

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:December 23, 2019
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Episode #23 — Light That Guides Us: Living with Jesus, living in the light, means we start to see the things that God hates in this world. Injustice to people who…

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Read more about the article #14: Love Hates

#14: Love Hates

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:December 14, 2019
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Episode #14 — Love Hates: In today’s episode, I look at Mary’s song and an uncomfortable truth about who God is. Yes, God is love. But what God’s love looks…

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Read more about the article Why We Need Both the Pastoral and the Prophetic

Why We Need Both the Pastoral and the Prophetic

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:December 9, 2019
  • Post category:Privilege and Race
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What’s the difference between pastors and prophets?  For me, prophets conjure up images of bearded men of old, pronouncing doom upon society if we don’t pay attention and change our…

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Read more about the article Summer Rewind: Five Books that Have Challenged Me about Race and Justice

Summer Rewind: Five Books that Have Challenged Me about Race and Justice

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:August 16, 2019
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I've offered a number of book lists related to race and justice this past year since the publication of White Picket Fences (like this list of memoirs). There's one more…

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