Episode 28: Liuan & Amy Julia

Jen is joined by Liuan Huska and Amy Julia Becker for a thoughtful and honest conversation about the integration of spirituality, health and wholeness, particularly when experiencing chronic pain, brokenness and different abilities in our bodies.Liuan Huska is a freelance writer and speaker focusing on topics of embodiment, ecology, and spirituality. Her first book, Hurting Yet Whole: Reconciling Body and Spirit in Chronic Pain and Illness was published with InterVarsity Press in December 2020. Liuan lives with her husband and their three little boys in the Chicago area.Amy Julia Becker is an award-winning author and speaker on faith, family, disability and privilege. She is the author of four books and also hosts the Love is Stronger than Fear podcast. A graduate of Princeton University and Princeton Theological Seminary, Amy Julia lives with her husband and their three children in western Connecticut.Books Mentioned:If you’d like to order any of the following books, we encourage you to do so from Hearts and Minds Books (An independent bookstore in Dallastown, PA, run by Byron and Beth Borger)Hurting Yet Whole: Reconciling Body and Spirit in Chronic Pain and Illness by Liuan HuskaSitting Pretty: The View From My Ordinary Resilient Body by Rebekah Taussig(Article) What Are Bodies For? An Integrative Examination of Embodiment by M. Elizabeth Lewis HallHonoring the Body: Meditations on a Christian Practice by Stephanie PaulsellAn Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith by Barbara Brown TaylorA Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life by Parker PalmerThe Wounded Healer: Ministry in a Contemporary Society by Henri NouwenCounterproductive: Time Management in the Knowledge Economy by Melissa GreggA Good and Perfect Gift: Faith, Expectations, and a Little Girl Named Penny by Amy Julia BeckerThe Disabled God: Toward a Liberatory Theology of Disability by Nancy L. EislandWhat Can a Body Do?: How We Meet the Built World by Sara HendrenBecoming Friends of Time: Disability, Timefullness, and Gentle Discipleship by John SwintonCalling All Years Good: Christian Vocation Through Life's Seasons by Kathleen Cahalan and Bonnie J. Miller-McLemoreVulnerable Communion: A Theology of Disability and Hospitality by Thomas E. ReynoldsAdam: God's Beloved by Henri NouwenThe Road to Daybreak: A Spiritual Journey by Henri NouwenDisability and the Way of Jesus: Holistic Healing in the Gospels and the Church by Bethany McKinney FoxThe Overstory by Richard PowersMinor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park HongBraiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants by Robin Wall KimmererRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. TaylorLet the Circle be Unbroken by Mildred D. TaylorThe Land by Mildred D. TaylorRoad to Memphis by Mildred D. TaylorThe Premonition: A Pandemic Story by Michael LewisThe Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der KolkWhite Picket Fences: Turning Toward Love in a World Divided by Privilege by Amy Julia Becker