What I’m Tweeting

Last updated on: July 12, 2013 at 10:59 pm By Amy Julia Becker

Interesting articles from the past week: Church flooded with calls to adopt baby with #downsyndrome who would have been aborted: http://abcn.ws/1aimhgO Find out why #women are key to America’s#prosperity #WarrenBuffet ow.ly/mB40F@CNNMoney “#LearningToLove Your Sinful Neighbor”ow.ly/mB4TG #LiveLikeChrist @CTmagazine Personal well-being has become the primary goal of #HumanLife in the #NewAge worship of the #AuthenticSelf @nytimes ow.ly/mB68N “The Problem With Saying ‘Black Babies Cost Less to #Adopt‘” ow.ly/mB86m @TheAtlantic#LoveAllLife #HumanRights and #LateTermAbortion– Why Kirsten Powers Doesn’t Stand With#WendyDavis ow.ly/mQBII @thedailybeast My Year of... Read more

Do You Listen to Audiobooks? (If so, A Good and Perfect Gift is now available…)

Last updated on: July 9, 2013 at 8:11 pm By Amy Julia Becker

A Good and Perfect Gift joins the trend by becoming an audiobook... Read more

Getting to Know My Daughter

Last updated on: July 7, 2013 at 10:00 pm By Amy Julia Becker

How a double ear infection and six doctor's visits became an answer to prayer... Read more

Reading Our Humanity: Karen Swallow Prior Responds

Last updated on: July 2, 2013 at 3:39 pm By Amy Julia Becker

Karen Swallow Prior responds to my concerns about her essay for The Atlantic regarding reading, intelligence, and what makes us human. Read more

Reading Our Humanity: Some Thoughts on Intelligence, Disability, and What Makes Us Human

Last updated on: July 2, 2013 at 9:20 am By Amy Julia Becker

Does reading enhance our humanity? Why I agree, and why the idea concerns me... Read more

Abortion, the Cult of Youth, and Networks of Care (What I’m Tweeting)

Last updated on: July 1, 2013 at 9:53 am By Amy Julia Becker

We were on vacation last week, so I missed my weekly tweeting post, but I want to recommend the following articles: “We made sure our son was not born only to suffer” ow.ly/mlewd “My #Abortion, at 23 Weeks” @nytimes #Pregnancy#PrenatalTesting A woman’s refusal to dye her gray hair is a shimmeringly visible protest against the cult of #youth. ow.ly/mliUd @nytimes #Beauty They would have to learn…to find happiness in the midst of sorrow; to #parent without a future.” ow.ly/mlkbO #Love... Read more

A Good and Perfect Gift on Audible (and Other Fun News)

Last updated on: June 28, 2013 at 1:18 pm By Amy Julia Becker

For those of you who prefer listening to books to reading them (or for your friends in this camp), you can now pre-order A Good and Perfect Gift as an Audiobook. It will be released next Tuesday. I haven’t heard the whole recording yet, but I listened to the sample and she did a good job with the opening chapter. Let me know what you think about the rest of it! (Incidentally, if you subscribe to Audible for the first... Read more