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Read more about the article The Vulnerable Power of Ted Lasso

The Vulnerable Power of Ted Lasso

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 17, 2023
  • Post category:Healing
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Last week’s episode of Ted Lasso was really good (spoiler alert). Yes, it was funny and clever and involved men running around and kicking a ball and crass remarks and…

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Read more about the article Inclusion vs the Real World

Inclusion vs the Real World

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 1, 2023
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome
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I’ve had to learn not to sacrifice our daughter on the altar of my ideology. When Penny was a toddler, I read an article about a teenager with Down syndrome…

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Read more about the article Easter| Love Is Life

Easter| Love Is Life

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:April 9, 2023
  • Post category:Faith
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Love is the strongest power. Love is the core of the universe. Love is the only unending, unshakable, permanent truth. Love is life. Love is the narrow path to the…

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Read more about the article Skiing, Disability, and Love

Skiing, Disability, and Love

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:February 10, 2023
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Family
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So here’s a sentence I didn’t think I would ever type: we went skiing as a family.  I have not been skiing in over twenty years. And then there’s Penny.…

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Read more about the article Healing’s Upward, Outward, Expansive Spiral

Healing’s Upward, Outward, Expansive Spiral

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:January 23, 2023
  • Post category:Healing
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Healing often feels like a circle, where we tiptoe slowly forward and return to the same place. Where we think we’ve made progress, and then find ourselves back in that…

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Read more about the article 3 Reasons I’m Grateful for the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.

3 Reasons I’m Grateful for the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:January 16, 2023
  • Post category:Healing/Privilege and Race
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Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wasn’t a perfect man. He didn’t have unflagging faith. His faith began as a more abstract intellectual pursuit and became more and more personal…

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Read more about the article S6 E1 | Good and Beautiful and Kind with Rich Villodas

S6 E1 | Good and Beautiful and Kind with Rich Villodas

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:September 6, 2022
  • Post category:Faith/Healing/Podcast
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Can goodness, beauty, and kindness make any difference at all in a wounded world? Rich Villodas, pastor and author of Good and Beautiful and Kind, talks with Amy Julia Becker about…

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Read more about the article A Secret Sign for “I Love a Person With Down Syndrome”

A Secret Sign for “I Love a Person With Down Syndrome”

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:August 24, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Parenting
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I wish there were some sort of hand signal or gesture that meant, “I love a person with Down syndrome.” Kind of like “Honk if you love Jesus,” except it…

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Read more about the article In the Wake of the Supreme Court’s Decision, The Lord’s Prayer
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In the Wake of the Supreme Court’s Decision, The Lord’s Prayer

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:June 25, 2022
  • Post category:Current Events
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How can we respond with compassion, justice, and love in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade? Is this ruling cause for celebration or for…

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Read more about the article Another School Shooting: Is There Light in the Darkness?
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Another School Shooting: Is There Light in the Darkness?

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 25, 2022
  • Post category:Current Events/Healing
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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.” –Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Strength to Love I went…

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