Show Notes
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 across our social barriers.” —Amy Julia Becker
“What was new to me was the idea that I had needs and that those needs would often be met by the unexpected—the people who, up until that time in my life, I would not have even seen or acknowledged because of the bubble I lived in.” —Amy Julia Becker
“The world tells us to see people with disabilities in terms of their deficits, weaknesses, and brokenness instead of in the terms of their giftedness, belovedness, and the reasons to delight. And those things are really present!” —Amy Julia Becker
Verses: Mark 9:37 Matthew 5:48
Related Episodes: GHH Ep 3 – When I’m in Pain with Xochitl Dixon: https://godhearsher.org/podcast/when-im-in-pain/ GHH Ep 117 – Meeting Special Needs with Elrena Evans: https://godhearsher.org/podcast/meeting-special-needs/
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