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:
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How to determine if you’re settling for a lesser version of the good life
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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
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Why there are no such things as “special needs,” only human needs
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“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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