<p>Both mothers of disabled children, authors Amy Julia Becker and Hilary Yancey discuss their experiences raising kids while navigating questions of identity and community.</p><p>Amy Julia Becker helps people reimagine the good life through her writing and speaking on disability, faith, and culture. She is the author of <em>To Be Made Well</em>, <em>White Picket Fences</em>, <em>Small Talk</em>, and <em>A Good and Perfect Gift</em> and the creator of the Reimagining Family Life with Disability workshop. She is a guest opinion writer for national publications and hosts two podcasts: Reimagining the Good Life and Take the Next Step. Becker is a graduate of Princeton University and Princeton Theological Seminary (MDiv). She lives with her husband and their three children in western Connecticut.</p><p>Hilary Yancey is a philosopher and writer living in Central Texas, parenting three young kids. She&#39;s fascinated by all kinds of questions, but especially those about disability, justice, and God. Her first book, <em>Forgiving God: A Story of Faith </em>(FaithWords, 2018) touched on all these things through the story of her son’s birth and their first year of life together. </p>

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Episode #74: Amy Julia Becker and Hilary Yancey

OCT 14, 202543 MIN
Rewrite Radio

Episode #74: Amy Julia Becker and Hilary Yancey

OCT 14, 202543 MIN

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<p>Both mothers of disabled children, authors Amy Julia Becker and Hilary Yancey discuss their experiences raising kids while navigating questions of identity and community.</p><p>Amy Julia Becker helps people reimagine the good life through her writing and speaking on disability, faith, and culture. She is the author of <em>To Be Made Well</em>, <em>White Picket Fences</em>, <em>Small Talk</em>, and <em>A Good and Perfect Gift</em> and the creator of the Reimagining Family Life with Disability workshop. She is a guest opinion writer for national publications and hosts two podcasts: Reimagining the Good Life and Take the Next Step. Becker is a graduate of Princeton University and Princeton Theological Seminary (MDiv). She lives with her husband and their three children in western Connecticut.</p><p>Hilary Yancey is a philosopher and writer living in Central Texas, parenting three young kids. She&#39;s fascinated by all kinds of questions, but especially those about disability, justice, and God. Her first book, <em>Forgiving God: A Story of Faith </em>(FaithWords, 2018) touched on all these things through the story of her son’s birth and their first year of life together. </p>