Disability, Grace, and Life Beyond the Meritocracy, with guest Amy Julia Becker

January 17, 2022 00:48:04
Disability, Grace, and Life Beyond the Meritocracy, with guest Amy Julia Becker
Faith and Imagination: A BYU Humanities Center Podcast
Disability, Grace, and Life Beyond the Meritocracy, with guest Amy Julia Becker

Jan 17 2022 | 00:48:04

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Show Notes

Amy Julia Becker is an award-winning writer and speaker 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, releasing in March. She also hosts the Love Is Stronger Than Fear podcast. We speak with her about her article “When Merit Drives Out Grace,” published in Plough Quarterly, which discusses what Amy Julia has learned as parent to a disabled child.

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