Hey everybody welcome to the mere Christians podcast I'm Jordan

Rayner how does the gospel influence the work of mere Christians?

Those of us who aren't pastors or religious professionals,

but who work as funeral directors,

insurance agents, and firefighters? That's the question we explore every week and today I'm

posing it to Becky Palmerlo. She's the director of compliance at PayPal who has a

wild story of a near-death experience which he was 34 years old at the

height of physical health and we talked about how that near-death experience actually renewed her passion for her work.

We talked about how she contrasts the perfectly secure peace she has in Christ with the temporal happiness many of our coworkers

pursue in the workplace and we talked about employee resource groups and

how they can be powerful means of sharing the gospel at work,

especially within larger companies.

I think you're going to love this conversation with my new friend, Becky Palmerburg.

Becky,

Becky, welcome to the Meer Christians podcast.

Thanks for having me.

Jordan, great to be here.

I want to dive straight into the dramatic deep end of this pool

if that's okay with you, Becky.

So November 2014, got few cares in the world, I got to imagine your young healthy, very successful,

and that everything at least as it relates to your health changes almost overnight. Would you mind sharing that

story with our listeners and take as much time as you'd like? Absolutely. So my

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