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C. Christopher Smith (founding editor of the ERB) spoke with first-time podcast guest (and one of our most-frequently mentioned writers!) Kathleen Norris and returning guest Amy Julia Becker, regarding some common themes in their published writing. They speak about disability, what it means to be human, and their experiences accompanying family members with disabilities. Their conversation is humble, sincere, vulnerable and light-hearted, and listeners will find their honest reflections encouraging.
Kathleen Norris is the award-winning poet, writer, and author of the New York Times bestsellers The Cloister Walk, Amazing Grace, and Dakota: A Spiritual Geography, and Acedia & Me. A Benedictine oblate of Assumption Abbey for the past 30 years, Norris divides her time between Hawaii and South Dakota. Her book Acedia & Me was the Englewood Review’s very first book of the year, back in 2008. Amy Julia Becker helps people reimagine the good life through her writing and speaking on disability, faith, and culture. She is the author of multiple books including A Good and Perfect Gift, which we will discuss here and is 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.
Books Mentioned in this Episode:
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)
- The Cloister Walk by Kathleen Norris
- Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks & a Writer’s Life by Kathleen Norris
- Dakota: A Spiritual Geography by Kathleen Norris
- Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith by Kathleen Norris
- A Good and Perfect Gift: Faith, Expectations & a Little Girl Named Penny by Amy Julia Becker
- Rebecca Sue: A Sister’s Reflections on Faith, Disability & Love by Kathleen Norris
- When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor…And Yourself by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert
- To Be Made Well: An Invitation to Wholeness, Healing & Hope by Amy Julia Becker
- The Hospitality of Need: How Depending on One Another Helps Us Heal & Grow Together by Kevan Chandler & Tommy Shelton
- The Dignity of Dependence: A Feminist Manifesto by Leah Libresco Sargeant
- How to Read a Book: A Novel by Monica Wood
- Do Not Judge Anyone: Desert Wisdom for a Polarized World by Isaac Slater
- Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
- Ghost Trail (film)
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