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Read more about the article Upcoming Speaking Opportunities

Upcoming Speaking Opportunities

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:August 2, 2022
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I used to say that I’m a writer who sometimes speaks. What I meant by that was that I didn’t feel super confident while speaking. I used very detailed notes…

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Read more about the article Grateful I Get to Do This Work

Grateful I Get to Do This Work

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:November 4, 2021
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When I receive responses like this, I can only feel grateful that I get to do this work: “My daughter and I thoroughly enjoyed your weekend discussion. I left with…

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I’m Booking Zoom Events

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:December 16, 2020
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I'm booking Zoom events! One day, I’m going to get on an airplane and fly to a school and a church and a conference center and connect with people in…

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I’m Scheduling Speaking Engagements for 2021!

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:November 7, 2020
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A class of high school students studying bioethics. A small group of church members. A smattering of writers from across the nation. A spiritual book club from North Carolina. An…

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Read more about the article A Community’s Work to Participate in Healing

A Community’s Work to Participate in Healing

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:March 5, 2020
  • Post category:Privilege and Race
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It was a dreary night outside, and a warm welcome inside the library of Trinity Episcopal Church in Southport, CT Tuesday night. After a winter of traveling south to talk…

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Read more about the article Love: Sentiment or Commitment

Love: Sentiment or Commitment

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:February 28, 2020
  • Post category:Faith/Privilege and Race
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“Love is not a sentiment. It is a commitment…” As I drove home from a beautiful weekend in Richmond at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, I was listening to an interview…

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Read more about the article A Model for Race and Justice Events

A Model for Race and Justice Events

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:February 10, 2020
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A MODEL FOR RACE AND JUSTICE EVENTS—It was a tremendous honor to stand alongside my friend and colleague Natasha Sistrunk Robinson last Thursday night at Church of the Apostles in…

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Read more about the article Really Good Bacon and the Expansive Love of God

Really Good Bacon and the Expansive Love of God

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:February 6, 2020
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The expansive love of God filled my weekend with the women of White Memorial Presbyterian Church at a retreat in Pinehurst, NC. It was such a joy to gather with…

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Read more about the article Speaking at the Festival of Faith & Writing

Speaking at the Festival of Faith & Writing

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:December 27, 2019
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Years ago, I saw an ad in an issue of Books and Culture for something called the Festival of Faith & Writing. The name of the conference alone caught my…

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Read more about the article Classroom Conversations: To Kill a Mockingbird and the Discussion of Privilege

Classroom Conversations: To Kill a Mockingbird and the Discussion of Privilege

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:November 14, 2019
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When I was asked to have classroom conversations with a group of 8th grade students about To Kill a Mockingbird in conjunction with White Picket Fences and the discussion of…

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