S4 Ep77: Pushing Past Physical Challenges in Dating with Chris and Emily Norton

Heart of Dating

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Relationships, Society & Culture, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 5 February 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Heart of Dating welcomes Chris and Emily Norton to the show today. Chris and Emily are the center of a handful of viral videos! Chris went through a severe spinal cord injury in 2010 while playing football in high school and is a quadriplegic who uses a wheelchair. Three years after his injury, he met his wife Emily online. Even though the relationship may have faced some challenges, Chris proposed to Emily right before their college graduation. A video went viral of Emily helping Chris walk across the graduation stage and then again of him walking down the wedding aisle. Emily grew up in Iowa and while in high school she was in a mentoring program to mentor foster kids in the area. Chris and Emily both had a passion for foster care children and since getting married they have adopted five amazing girls, a 20-year-old and a sibling group of four sisters (ages 10, 9, 6, & 3), and have fostered a total of 18 children. They created the Chris Norton Foundation, which is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people with spinal cord and neuromuscular disabilities by providing opportunities that would not otherwise exist. They also wrote the book Seven Longest Yards about their story and have an upcoming film being released later this year. Emily and Chris discuss their journey of dating as Emily talks about being open to dating someone with a disability and how to see past that. Crushing on a cutie? Download this FREE Resource on how to show interest: https://www.heartofdating.com/resource/how-to-show-interest Want to further your dating knowledge? Check out our ultimate dating library! https://www.heartofdating.com/resource/ultimate-dating-library Kait wrote a book! Snag Thank You For Rejecting Me on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3E59cLQ Want to meet some epic Christian Singles? Join our huge HOD Family on FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/heartofdatingpodcast Come hang with us on the gram: http://instagram.com/heartofdating http://instagram.com/kaitness . . . . . A quick thank you to some of our friends! Faithful Counseling: Our #1 resource for affordable, reliable, Christian therapy. You can get 10% off your first month by going to http://getfaithful.com/heartofdating Compassion International: Do you have a burning desire to be a parent but feel stuck in singleness? Do you want to make lasting, powerful impact in your life as a single? We are a proud partner of Compassion International. Our community of singles has sponsored hundreds of kids all around the world, and we’d love to invite you to join us on this compelling mission. http://compassion.com/heartofdating Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Heart of Dating Podcast.
0:04.0	Hey, it's Kate.
0:07.0	I'm so glad you could join us this week as we try to entangle the ever so ambiguous world of dating as a Christian.
0:13.4	Over here on Heart of Dating, we get real,
0:15.6	as we answer some tough questions
0:17.2	and uncover transformative ways to approach Christian dating.
0:21.2	Oh, and you better believe we have some laughs along the way because last time I checked the
0:25.8	struggle is hashtag real you know what I'm saying? Now let's get to the heart of the matter.
0:39.8	Hey, hey family, it's Kate Worman here and I want to welcome you to the Heart of Dating Podcast today. I am just so glad you decided to listen in. Now if you've
0:44.2	listened to this podcast for a while you know that we are really committed to
0:47.9	bringing you content that is rich and also really diverse. And one topic we've never covered yet is dating and
0:55.0	disabilities. So today I wanted to bring you a beautiful and inspiring
0:59.6	conversation around that topic specifically and I just really cannot wait for you to hear from
1:05.3	our guests about their empowering story. Years ago Chris Norton suffered a spinal
1:10.0	cord injury while playing football at Luther College in Iowa.
1:13.7	The doctors gave Chris a 3% chance of moving anything below his neck.
1:18.5	Four years later, he defied the odds and walked across the stage at his college graduation with his fiance
1:24.1	Emily Summers. The video of them went viral and gathered over 300 million views and
1:29.5	caught the eyes of country's top media outlets. Three years later Chris attempted another
1:34.3	incredible feat this time perhaps the most important walk of his life down the
1:39.1	aisle with his wife Emily. As with the graduation walk, Chris prepared relentlessly spending four hours
1:45.5	per day in the gym. Chris and Emily joyfully conquered their challenge and they walked
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