We have all chosen to hide our flaws rather than be fully seen at one point or another.  Many of us have matured to a point where we chose to be fully seen and fully loved instead of putting on a mask to gain conditional acceptance.  Our guest this week shares her story.

This week we had an incredible conversation about disability with Liz Staszak. Liz shared with us her experience of growing up disabled and her “coming out” moment, where she chose being fully seen over pretending to be able bodied. We talked through difficult tensions around bible stories and how we use Jesus’ healing stories to belittle our disabled siblings, then we reimagined Luke 21:1-6 together. Without further ado, here’s Liz.

Follow Liz on Instagram @elizabeth_staszak and find valuable resources and thinking around solidarity with our disabled siblings.  Liz has ensured that we make this episode accessible to our hearing impaired siblings, so for the first time we have a transcript of our episode available on our website here https://thekinshipcollective.org/our-blog.

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Outro "We are Family" - Sister Sledge (Official Cover) by @ShaundReynolds