Episode 61: “Wait, Is This It?”: Re-Imagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker

Amy Julia was a high-achieving, religiously devout Princeton grad who lived with the nagging feeling that there must something *more* to life than what she had experienced so far. Then her first child was diagnosed with Down syndrome, and Amy Julia began her journey into a version of “the good life” that she never expected.

Amy Julia joins Katherine for a deeply vulnerable conversation about the theological reckoning that took place in her heart and mind when she became a parent to a child with intellectual disabilities. She emerged with a new understanding of God’s love and her own inherent value.

Today, eighteen years later, she's inviting us all to re-imagine what belonging and belovedness really looks like for people with AND without disabilities. 

What We’ll Cover:

• How to determine if you’re settling for a lesser version of the good life

• The one place in the Bible where we get an “equation” for God and what it means about how we see ourselves and other people

• Why there are no such things as “special needs,” only human needs

https://amyjuliabecker.com/

https://www.instagram.com/amyjuliabecker/

Reimagining the Good Life Podcast: https://amyjuliabecker.com/podcast/

Hope Heals Camp: https://hopeheals.com/camp/

“The Blurring Is Part of the Beauty”: https://comment.org/the-blurring-is-part-of-the-beauty/

Andrew Leland: https://www.andrewleland.org/

Mend Coffee & Goods: https://www.mendcoffee.org/

“Faith means believing in advance what will only make sense in reverse.” - Philip Yancey 

Scriptures referenced in this episode:

 Luke 14:15-24

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