WGBD “When God is Black and Disabled” is a podcast by and with Black women of faith with disabilities, hosted by the Rev. Raedorah C. Stewart. This podcast is a space to amplify the voices and validate the experiences of Black women of faith from various streams of spirituality, in the church, and for the culture.  In doing so, we imagine the Imago Dei with disabilities as incarnate and more valuable to humanity than is cast as burdensome, accidental, or incidental to God’s creative genius.  Content includes hermeneutical reflections on disability in the Bible, non-canonical, and other sacred texts; special guests with varying disabilities narrating their stories; commentaries of lament; and calls for action that the church becomes the head and not the tail of disability justice. 

This podcast is launched with grace and generosity by support from the Henry Luce Foundation and Columbia University’s Center on African American Religion, Sexual Politics and Social Justice (CARSS).  I am grateful for the review team who discerned the urgency of advancing disability as a justice issue in the 21st Century and saw value in my proposal to receive one of their Rapid Response Grants. 

I am particularly grateful to the psalmist, Minister Wasaba Sidabey aka Soul Queen Wu aka The Self-Love Enthusiast, who composed, recorded, and mixed the podcast Intro and Outro.  Her gift to the body is only now beginning to be known.  Get to know her, hire her, pay her–www.SoulQueenWu.com.

Finally, I thank God for this opportunity to serve and thank you for tuning in.  Subscribe.  Get notifications.  We’ll be back each Sunday after dinner and a nap.  See you next week.