Amy Julia Becker
Amy Julia Becker is a writer, a student at Princeton Theological Seminary, wife to Peter, and mother to Penny and William. She blogs about theology, disability, children and parenting, education, and the intersection of grief and hope. Her most recent book,What Every Woman Needs to Know About Prenatal Testing: Insights from a Mom Who Has Been There, was published by Patheos in early 2013.She is also the author of A Good and Perfect Gift: Faith, Expectations, and a Little Girl Named Penny, and Penelope Ayers: A Memoir. She keeps a personal blog at Patheos called Thin Places. Find her on Twitter at@AmyJuliaBecker.
Should Christians Pursue Prenatal Testing?
New tests present pregnant women with more options.
Was the Sandy Hook Shooter Sinful or Just Sick?
How Jesus' earthly ministry gives us the answer.
Ann Coulter and the Witness of John Franklin Stephens
What Christians can learn from the man with Down Syndrome who responded to Coulter's use of the 'r' word.
Hookup Culture Is Good for Women, and Other Feminist Myths
According to 'Atlantic' essayist Hanna Rosin, we should celebrate that young women are now acting as sexually selfish as their male counterparts.
Are Infants Sinful? How Not to Talk about Original Sin
There are better ways to explain human fallenness than pointing to needy babies and clumsy toddlers.
Asking Why After a Child's Accidental Death
Perhaps the most we're able to say this side of heaven is that a child's death doesn't make sense.
Advocating for a Daughter Stuck in the 'Shadow of Autism'
Virginia Breen's daughter, Elizabeth, can't talk. How she reveals the love of God through poetry.
Ian and Larissa: A Story of Choosing the Hard, Good Road
Ian's disability marks the young couple's marriage as different. Maybe they have something to teach us.
Bearing Life in a Broken World: A Review of 'No Easy Choice'
Strengthened by her own story, Ellen Painter Dollar's book explores the ethical dimensions of reproductive technology.
Dad-in-Chief: Parenting Lessons from Rick Santorum and President Obama
We need more political leaders modeling family sacrifice—especially for children with disabilities.
Why Teens Drift Away from Faith
It may have to do something with their marginally Christian parents.
A Real Christian Education
My daughter Penny reveals that academic success is not always connected to test scores.
Coming Home after Hurricane Irene
The place where our family played, worked, and fell in love for nearly 100 years was destroyed. So it's not "just a house."
Mia: Men Who Don't Use Pornography
For a new survey on prostitution, researchers had a hard time finding men who don't buy sex, whether embodied or digital.
When God Told Us to Adopt
Amy Julia Becker talks to fellow Her.meneutics writer Jennifer Grant about her new memoir, 'Love You More'.
Two Stories about Babies with Down Syndrome
In light of new prenatal testing, what story will Christians tell about children with an extra 21st chromosome?
When Sex Becomes an Idol
Jenell Williams Paris's 'The End of Sexual Identity' seeks to overturn the power that sexual identity labels—homosexual and heterosexual—have in and outside the church.
The Lost Girls of China and India
Why so many baby girls are being killed in the world's two largest countries.
Food Cleanses and the Integrated Self
How nourishment illuminates the relationship between the body and other aspects of our humanity.
How Do I Explain Easter to My Children?
The reality of a human raised from the dead is hard enough for adults to understand, much less kids. But here are some approaches I've taken.
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