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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
  • Post category:Faith/Healing
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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 S5 E3 | The Spaciousness of Limits with Ashley Hales

S5 E3 | The Spaciousness of Limits with Ashley Hales

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:October 5, 2021
  • Post category:Faith/Healing/Podcast
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 A life without limits is part of the American dream. But what if living within limits is the key to a spacious life? What if we say “no” to hustle…

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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

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • 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

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • 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 Lying About My Feelings

Lying About My Feelings

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:September 6, 2021
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I have lied about my feelings for so long that I don’t even know I’m lying. Somewhere early on in life, I decided that I would only feel the “right”…

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Read more about the article A Few of My Favorite Things: Week 3 | Podcast Episodes About Healing

A Few of My Favorite Things: Week 3 | Podcast Episodes About Healing

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:August 27, 2021
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I guess it makes sense that I have healing on my mind right now. I’m not actively working on To Be Made Well for the month of August, but I…

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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 Going in a Circle and Sometimes Making Progress

Going in a Circle and Sometimes Making Progress

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:August 17, 2021
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Does it ever feel like your life is going in a circle? The older I get, the more I sometimes feel as though I’m not making any progress. I repeat…

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Read more about the article Blurring the Lines of Disability

Blurring the Lines of Disability

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:August 9, 2021
  • Post category:Disability/Healing
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I love that at Hope Heals Camp several weeks ago, people with disabilities served as volunteers. And lots of able-bodied people came as campers (who had family members with disabilities).…

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