WGBD: Jesus, the Disabled Empath with Rev. Raedorah C. Stewart

WGBD: Disabled Entrepreneur with Nanoshka Johnson

WGBD welcomes serial entrepreneur Nanoshka Johnson as she challenges church and culture to accommodate the pace at which disabled persons function.  She personifies the no-limit possibilities of business acumen, ministry, and ingenuity.

WGBD: United Church of Christ Disability Commission with Rachel Chapman

This episode of WGBD: When God is Black & Disabled welcomes Ms. Rachel Chapman, a disability activist in the church, and serves on the Disability Commission of the United Church of Christ. Her passion is disability awareness beyond building modifications only.

WGBD: Jesus, the Disabled Empath with Rev. Raedorah C. Stewart

This episode of WGBD:  When God is Black & Disabled reflects on developing a hermeneutic of disability by framing salvation through the disabled body of Jesus at the Crucifixion.  What had been essential for disabled persons was coopted by ableds affected by quarantine--the familiar exile of disabled persons. JusticeUnbound.org This reflection first appeared as the Good Friday meditation at Justice Unbound [https://justiceunbound.org/good-friday/], an interactive journal on Christian social justice, a ministry of the Presbyterian Church USA but holds to the ecumenical voice of the Church universal.

WGBD: Sisters of Strength Facebook Group with Kenya Francis

WGBD welcomes Kenya Francis, a lupus survivor, who thrives to live a full life in spite of the early demise of her mother and sister from chronic illnesses.  She is candid and gracious in calling for community, to not be forgotten by the church.

WGBD: Italian Art and Religion with Dr. April Lynch

WGBD welcomes Dr. April Renee Lynch, a scholar of 15th-17th Century Italian renaissance art.  Her august publications and travel to the Vatican are a wellspring of information as to how art and theology are interdependent.