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Joy

Read more about the article Anticipating Joy

Anticipating Joy

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:January 31, 2022
  • Post category:Family/Parenting
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“Anxiety is anticipated terror. Hope is anticipated joy.” I heard theologian Jürgen Moltmann say this to fellow theologian Miroslav Volf on a podcast a long time ago.  For some reason,…

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Read more about the article Joy of Missing Out

Joy of Missing Out

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:December 18, 2021
  • Post category:Family
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Marilee recently taught me the idea of “jomo.” It’s the opposite of FOMO. FOMO is the fear of missing out. JOMO is the joy of missing out. For better or…

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Read more about the article What if You Don’t Need to Be Successful? (Or, Advent Reflections on Joy)

What if You Don’t Need to Be Successful? (Or, Advent Reflections on Joy)

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:December 22, 2016
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I was grumpy for a few years. Maybe not every day. But most days. And at the core of my being, deep inside my heart, lay a stone, a slowly…

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