When Amy Julia Becker’s daughter, Penny, was diagnosed with Down syndrome at birth, the noted author and speaker was forced to confront her own ideas about significance and success. In her daughter’s vulnerability, humanity, and beloved-ness, Amy Julia began to understand what it means to be loved by God.
In this episode, Amy Julia Becker joins Patricia to examine Christ’s claim that the greatest among you should be like the youngest or the least.
Amy Julia Becker is an award-winning writer and speaker whose work focuses on personal, spiritual, and social healing. She is the author of four books, including To Be Made Well: An Invitation to Wholeness, Healing, and Hope; she hosts the Love Is Stronger Than Fear podcast. A graduate of Princeton University and Princeton Theological Seminary (MDiv), Becker holds a bi-vocational license with the Evangelical Covenant Church. She lives with her husband and their three children in western Connecticut.
