Hey y'all, welcome back to the Confessions of a Crappy Christian Podcast.

A place where you and all of your crap are not just welcome, you're wanted.

I'm your host, Blake Gieche, and every week I'm showing up with a new friend to talk about

the things we're really great at, the ways Christ fills in the gaps on the things that

we're not, and how he has been faithful to make his power perfect in our weaknesses.

My hope is that you walk away feeling empowered and not alone in your struggles, and that

people sharing their stories pushes you to share yours.

Alright, let's do this.

Alright y'all, this week's episode is with Stephanie Tate.

Stephanie is an author, speaker, disability advocate and trauma survivor who is aiming

to do what she believes is sorely lacking in our conversations in the church, which is

partnering sound theology with the unashamed acceptance of struggle in the present tense.

Her story and her insight and her wisdom about being in struggle and being in pain and

experiencing trauma is so incredible and convicting and full of so much tangible wisdom

that you'll be able to walk forward to better experience pain and experience it with

people that you love.

Hey Stephanie, thank you so much for coming on the show today.

Thank you for having me.

Okay, so to get us started, the kind of the way we start every week is I want the people

to know who's talking to them.

So tell us about yourself, tell us about your book you have coming out, and just kind

of what you're about.

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