[MONTHLY SERIES] Prayers for Redemption: Ben Waites
Jesus Calling: Stories of Faith
Jesus Calling
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🗓️ 29 August 2023
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
On this bonus episode of Jesus Listens: Stories of Prayer, we hear from southern gospel artist Ben Waites, who was born with arthrogryposis, a condition that causes his joints to be locked up. Ben shares what it means to him to share hope through his music, the life changing moment one of his songs went viral, leading to a chance to audition for American Idol, and how he continues to spread the message of redemption through his music and his life.
Guest’s Links
Facebook: @BenWaitesMinistries
Twitter: @BenWaites
Instagram: @bjwaites
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Susie McIntyre Eaton, and I'm here on behalf of Jesus Listened Stories |
| 0:13.9 | of Prayer. |
| 0:14.9 | I'm so excited for you to hear my conversation with Ben Wates. |
| 0:21.0 | He was raised in Louisiana, he lives in Nashville, now he's a southern gospel artist. |
| 0:26.1 | He was born with a condition that where his all of his joints, all of his joints are |
| 0:33.5 | locked up. |
| 0:34.9 | His hands, his feet, his ankles, his hips, every joint. |
| 0:39.4 | And yet he went on through life to go through college and to get a degree. |
| 0:46.1 | He was tone deaf and yet he learned and learned to adapt to be able to sing and it's a wonderful |
| 0:53.7 | southern gospel singer. |
| 0:55.4 | So I'm really excited about this interview today and so sit back and relax and enjoy |
| 1:02.3 | the time with Ben Wates. |
| 1:05.8 | Hey Ben, for those of us who aren't familiar with the condition that you were born with, |
| 1:12.4 | would you give us a little bit of insight into that and how all that happened? |
| 1:17.6 | Absolutely. |
| 1:18.6 | I was born with something called arthrogryposis, multiplex, congenitum, which is just, |
| 1:26.5 | but they haven't been any longer. |
| 1:28.5 | I know. |
| 1:29.5 | I know. |
| 1:30.5 | In a nutshell, it's just fixed joints, so all of my joints are concreted or locked in the |
| 1:38.5 | place. |
| 1:39.5 | Everyone. |
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