Disability and Discovering God's Image in Everyone with Laura Wifler
The Family Discipleship Podcast
The Family Discipleship Podcast
5.0 • 597 Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
- Could you tell us a little about your family and your ministry?
- You’ve got a new kids book out “Like Me: A Story About Disability and Discovering God’s Image in Every Person.” Where did the idea for this book come from?
- You’ve already written a beautiful book for moms, Risen Motherhood, was this experience a lot different?
- How can parents help foster conversations about the differences our kids will see in themselves and others?
- Can you talk to us about how our theology around the “image of God” gets to be part of how we lead our kids to think about themselves and others?
- As a parent of a child with disabilities, what encouragement can you share with the multitude of other parents who have children with disabilities?
- How can we care well for families who are going through diagnosis while being sensitive to their unique situation?
- What do you wish that churches understood about families who are navigating raising kids with disabilities?
- How do you see “God made you, God loves you, God is kind to you” being something could be used by a Christian family who is trying to disciple well?
- How do you counsel a family who is struggling with a diagnosis or difficulty?
- Sometimes parents will ask us about leading family devotions and family discipleship with kids who have learning differences and disabilities, any advice or encouragement for them?
- Are there any scriptures that have been especially precious to you as you’ve parented?
- What are some ways that we can pray for you?
- John 9:3
- “Like Me” by Laura Wifler
- “Risen Motherhood” by Emily Jensen and Laura Wifler
- “Wonder” by R. J. Palacio
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Family Discipleship podcast, a podcast of Training the Church. |
| 0:12.8 | We want to prepare them to be able to view the world through the fact that God is good and he is kind to them. |
| 0:20.1 | Even when they don't understand, even when it doesn't seem like it. It's not about how we perform in soccer. It's not about how great you are at piano. That doesn't stay. That doesn't change at all. And I know for me, I'll often say to my kids, and I'm betting you all say something similar is there is nothing you can do that's going to make me love you more. and there's nothing you can do that's going to make me love you more, |
| 0:38.2 | and there's nothing you can do that's going to make me love you less. |
| 0:42.7 | And it is a true hope as you unpack the fact that God is using something |
| 0:48.7 | that the world would consider tragic into something that is incredibly beautiful to be displayed. |
| 1:01.5 | Hey, this is Adam Griffin, and I'm here with my co-host as usual. Mrs. Cassie, Bryant. How |
| 1:06.5 | you doing today, Cassie? Hello. I'm doing swell. That was Mrs. Doubtfire. |
| 1:12.2 | Did you do that on purpose? |
| 1:27.3 | No, and you know, I haven't seen that. Now that does, I do feel. That's when Robin Williams pops out of the fridge with all the cream on his face. Okay. I've not seen that in forever. Well, is that, are we there with our kids? Can they watch that yet? Not with all the stuff going on in America right now. |
| 1:30.0 | It's also so sad. |
| 1:31.0 | Oh, yeah. |
| 1:27.8 | Like as a kid, it seemed kind of like funny. But if you watch it again |
| 1:34.1 | now, it's kind of like going to the zoo as an adult when you realize all these, all these |
| 1:38.4 | animals are in like captivity and it's sad. But as a kid, it was interesting. It's like that. |
| 1:44.2 | I'll just say, love it live in the nostalgia. |
| 1:46.8 | Yeah, yeah. |
| 1:47.3 | Drive-by fruiting, all the classic lines. You don't need to go back and watch the whole thing. Got it. Yeah. Hello. But speaking of hello, Chelsea Griffin's here too. She's already talking. Chelsea, how are you doing today? Oh, good. I've been busy raising awareness about the plot line of Mrs. Dowell. |
| 2:01.1 | It's good. |
| 2:02.4 | Let people know if you're in your local blockbuster today, is he raising awareness about the plot line of Mrs. Doubtfire. |
| 2:01.9 | It's good. |
| 2:05.8 | Let people know if you're in your local blockbuster today and you've got little kids, |
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