Growing in Understanding Towards People With Disabilities w/Laura Wifler

The Daily Grace Podcast

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Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Chances are that unless disability is a part of your daily life, you haven’t thought much about how to grow in understanding towards people with disabilities. And it is for that reason that we welcome Laura Wifler onto the Daily Grace Podcast today to talk about this topic. Laura is the mother of five year old Eden who was diagnosed with developmental disabilities at a very young age. Laura candidly shares the fears and joys her family has experienced since Eden’s diagnosis. She encourages us to see people with disabilities as people who are “like me” because they are made in the image of God. She gives practical tips for loving people in our spheres who have disabilities and tips for walking alongside parents of children with disabilities. Above all, Laura reminds us that the value of a person is not dependent on their abilities. All people are worthy of dignity and love. Sign up for the Daily Grace Podcast Newsletter and receive the free resource "Scripture for Every Season.” Time Stamps: :23 - About Laura and Laura’s favorite thing 4:48 - Why Laura is passionate about growing in understanding towards people with disabilities 8:29 - Laura talks about how disability impacts her family 11:31 - What we need to understand about being made in the image of God 13:52 - Encouragement for parents of children with disabilities 17:19 - How the church culture can grow in caring for people with developmental disabilities 19:19 - How to move towards people with disabilities 23:10 - How to come alongside parents of children with disabilities 26:40 - What the gospel has changed for Laura Favorite Thing: OPI Nail Envy Resources mentioned in this episode: Like Me: A Story About Disability and Discovering God’s Image in Everyone Connect with Laura: Website Instagram Risen Motherhood Risen Motherhood Podcast Connect with us: Subscribe to Daily Grace: on iOS, go to our iTunes page and click subscribe. On Android, click this podcast RSS feed link and choose your podcast app. If needed, you can copy this link directly into your favorite podcast app (like Stitcher or Overcast). Or follow us on Spotify! We would love it if you took a few minutes to leave us an iTunes review to help spread the word about Daily Grace! We want to invite more women into our conversations! Download The Daily Grace app: for iOS, click here to download. On Android, click here to download. Visit The Daily Grace Co. for beautiful products for the whole family that will equip you on your journey to knowing and loving God more. Subscribe to The Daily Grace Newsletter and receive free Bible study resources in your inbox. Like The Daily Grace Co. on Facebook. Follow @dailygracepodcast on Instagram for exclusive podcast content and @thedailygraceco for all things The Daily Grace Co. Engage with our Facebook community, “The Daily Grace Co. Community”. Read The Daily Grace blog for encouragement throughout the week that is steeped in biblical truths. * Affiliate links used are used where appropriate. Thank you for supporting the products that support the production of this podcast! * The opinions of guests on the Daily Grace podcast do not represent the opinions of The Daily Grace Co., and we do not necessarily endorse the resources that they recommend or mention on the show. We believe it is valuable to hear from a variety of guests, even if we do not agree in all areas. As always, the statements made by hosts and guests on the show should be tested against God’s Word, the only authority on truth.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Daily Grace. We believe the Bible is true, trustworthy, and timeless. And we want
0:17.6	to help women like you, know and love God's Word. The Bible shows us who God is and who
0:24.7	He is, changes everything. My name is Shelby and I'm Crystal. And we want to invite you to come
0:31.2	join us as we chat about the truth of God's Word in our everyday lives.
0:37.5	Hey everyone and welcome back to the Daily Grace podcast. This is Shelby and I have with me here
0:42.7	as always my friend and co-host Crystal. Hey Crystal. Hey Shelby. And we also have a special guest
0:48.4	with us today. She is a friend of the Daily Grace podcast. This is her second time to be here as a
0:54.4	guest. We are so glad to have Laura with Larrett with us today. Hi Laura. Hi there. Thanks for having
1:00.0	me. Oh it's a joy. We're thrilled for this conversation today. If you don't know Laura, she is an
1:05.5	author, a podcaster and the co-founder of Risen Motherhead. And if you haven't yet connected with Laura
1:11.6	or her work at Risen Motherhead, then we would love to encourage you to do that because she's doing
1:16.0	a wonderful job of helping moms who are overwhelmed and over tired, find hope in the gospel. And that
1:22.0	is such important work. We as moms understand the need for what you're doing Laura and we're so
1:28.0	thankful that you're doing it and we're glad we get to chat with you today as well. Oh thanks. That
1:32.8	is the kindest introduction. I appreciate that. Yeah. Well today we're going to talk about a topic that
1:37.5	is near and dear to your heart, which is how we can grow in understanding towards people with
1:43.2	disabilities. But before we jump into that topic, we start every episode by sharing a favorite
1:49.7	thing, which is just something that we are using and loving. In this week, Laura, we would love to
1:53.8	hear from you. What is your favorite thing? Oh, I'm excited for this question. So I have many favorite
2:00.0	things. I feel like the list is long that I could start with. But I'm going to zero in on this
2:05.4	nail polish strengthener that I've been using. It's called nail envy and it's from OPI. And you know,
2:12.0	I love to get my nails done as much as the next gal and get like gel polish or I don't know, I don't
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