Community of Belonging (Amy Julia Becker)

About this episode

Amy Julia Becker shares her journey of understanding belonging and identity after her daughter was born with Down syndrome.

When Amy Julia Becker gave birth to her first daughter, Penny, she was met with unexpected news—Penny had Down syndrome. In the midst of uncertainty, God began reshaping Amy Julia’s understanding of what it truly means to be made in His image and to belong in His family. Join hosts Eryn Eddy Adkins and Vivian Mabuni for a heartfelt God Hears Her conversation about motherhood, identity, and how God meets us in the moments we never saw coming. Guest Bio: Amy Julia Becker helps people reimagine the good life through her writing and speaking on disability, faith, and culture. She is the author of To Be Made Well , White Picket Fences , Small Talk , and A Good and Perfect Gift and the creator of the Reimagining Family Life with Disability workshop . She is a guest opinion writer for national publications and hosts the Reimagining the Good Life podcast . Becker is a graduate of Princeton University and Princeton Theological Seminary (MDiv). She lives with her husband and their three children in western Connecticut. Notes and Quotes: “This is not about me knocking down walls so that other people can come in and be like me. It’s about me recognizing the mutual value of relationships…

People in this episode

Hosts: Eryn Eddy Adkins, Vivian Mabuni

Guest: Amy Julia Becker

Topics covered

• motherhood
• identity
• disability
• faith
• community
• belonging

Keywords

• Down syndrome
• motherhood
• identity
• faith
• community
• relationships
• disability

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Our Daily Bread Ministries, Reimagining Family Life with Disability, Princeton University, Princeton Theological Seminary

Books & works: To Be Made Well, White Picket Fences, Small Talk, A Good and Perfect Gift

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