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Challenging Mindsets, Becoming Visible
October 20, 2017
Stories from three spiritual leaders whose physical challenges are at the core of how they care for others.
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Kirk VanGilder: The Language of Worship October 20, 2017
Kirk VanGilder was born with hearing loss, and slowly lost his ability to hear into adulthood. Today, his deaf identity is at the core of who he is as an educator. He joins producer Joanna Broder to talk about being the only hard of hearing kid in his school and church, and his path to becoming a minister for a deaf congregation.

Read the transcript of the interview here.

Rev. Dr. Kirk VanGilder, minister in the United Methodist Church, and Associate Professor at Gallaudet University
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Michael Lapsley: From Victim to Victor October 20, 2017
Father Michael Laplsey's life changed on April 28th, 1990, when he received a letter bomb for his work as a freedom fighter against Apartheid. He lost both hands, an eye, and part of his hearing. And then a new chapter began. He started on a long path of both physical and spiritual healing, eventually helping others do the same. He tells us: "Perfection is not the human experience: imperfection, incompleteness, is the story of all of us." 

Read the transcript of the interview here.
 

Fr. Michael Lapsley, author of Redeeming the Past and the director of the Institute for Healing of Memories



Father Michael Lapsley, 2017
Courtesy of Laura Lee Wright
Laura Lee Wright: Becoming Visible October 20, 2017
If you are among the 1 in 5 Americans with a disability, you might have a problem going to your church, mosque or temple. Let’s face it, from old buildings with non-existent wheelchair ramps, to prayer books with impossibly tiny print, it’s no wonder that, according to research, people with disabilities are less likely to show up in the pews. Laura Lee Wright is trying to change that. 

Read the transcript of the interview here.


Laura Lee Wright, disabilities advocate and missionary at Camp Daniel