Megan Basham on Faith, a Cancer Diagnosis, and the Assassination of Charlie Kirk
It is a hard fact of life that — if we live long enough — we or those we love will receive a devastating medical diagnosis. How we cope in such difficult circumstances can both impact the course of our personal recovery and, in some cases, uplift the human condition.
Christian apologist and journalist Megan Basham has walked this difficult road. Just after Thanksgiving last year, she was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer, which radically changed the expected course of her life. Since then, in an impressive display of courage and leadership, she has publicly shared how the disease and treatment impacted her life, her family, her career, and the importance of faith in devastating circumstances. Basham joined Wesley to share insights that she has gained from, in essence, walking through the valley of the shadow of death.
She also shares her reaction to the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the world’s response to his murder.
Basham is a New York Times bestselling author and a culture reporter with The Daily Wire, where she contributes regularly to the top-ten news podcast, Morning Wire. For 13 years, she wrote for World Magazine, and her work has also appeared in such outlets as The Wall Street Journal, The Telegraph, First Things, and National Review, among others.
She has appeared as a commentator on Fox News, MSNBC, BBC, CBN, and The Today Show, as well as numerous regional TV and radio news broadcasts.
Basham was previously a Novak Journalism Fellow and a Lincoln Fellow at the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy and is the recipient of The Association of Classical Christian School’s Boniface Award and Concerned Women for America’s Defending Truth Award. She is the author of Beside Every Successful Man and most recently, Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda.
Basham lives in Charlotte, NC with her husband Brian and their two daughters.
Show Notes
- Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda by Megan Basham
- Beside Every Successful Man: A Woman’s Guide to Having it All by Megan Basham
- “Megan Basham Announces Cancer Diagnosis: ‘What God Ordains Is Always Good'” at The Christian Tribune
- “When Progressive Foundations Fund Evangelism” by Megan Basham at First Things
- “Megan Basham: My Response to JD Greear” at Clear Truth Media
- “How Naivety Is Allowing Unbiblical Progressivism Into Evangelical Churches” by Megan Basham at The American Spectator
- “Despite Public Support, Czech Politicians Duck Assisted Dying Debate” by Jules Eisenchteter and Edit Inotai at Reporting Democracy