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Rising Above with Becky Davidson is a place of encouragement, honesty, and hope for families navigating the unique joys and challenges of life with disability. Each episode offers heartfelt conversations, practical wisdom, and faith-filled insights to help you know you’re not alone on the journey. Becky shares stories from her own life as well as uplifting perspectives from guests who understand the road, equipping you with tools and inspiration to face each day with courage. Whether you’re seeking community, strength, or a fresh reminder of God’s faithfulness, this podcast invites you to rise above the struggles and discover joy in the midst of it all.
Episodes
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
About Sevrin
Sevrin is a Christian who is seeking to faithfully follow Jesus Christ. He has been married to Megan for almost 17 years and has three wonderful children. His youngest son has Down syndrome, and he serves as the Program Manager at Guidelight. Guidelight's mission is the pursuit of Christ-centered transformation in the lives of those experiencing disability.
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Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
About Meredith
Meredith is originally a farm girl, being raised on a sheep and dairy farm in Victoria, Australia, but she now resides in the city of Townsville in beautiful, tropical Far North Queensland. Writing has always been a big part of her life – through her journals and each of her four books (She has also contributed a devotional piece to a fifth book).
Each of her books comes from a foundation of her faith and covers an aspect of her life – struggles with drugs, alcohol, depression, domestic violence, and the challenges of raising a child with special needs. All are available on Amazon and she has been humbled and grateful to have received many great reviews and hear of lives that have been touched by her work.
Accepting Jesus into her heart and being born again has transformed her life, which had a lot of pain and sadness in it. But God has given her beauty for ashes, and He has transformed the pain and sadness through her writing. Her hope is that her books give encouragement and healing, and help people know they are not alone in their pain.
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Instagram: @merryfree2015
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Tuesday May 31, 2022
Tuesday May 31, 2022
The Rising Above staff gives an update on what we have been up to, and all that we have to look forward to with this year's By the Brook! Moms- We hope you'll join us on June 24-25. The cost is only $10 to participate. Find out more and sign up here. National Park Access Pass : https://www.nps.gov/subjects/accessibility/access-pass.htm *Theme music and editing by Open Mic Studios. https://openmicrecordingstudio.com/
Tuesday May 24, 2022
Tuesday May 24, 2022
Today, we'll be sharing a sermon from the late Jeff Davidson on LOVE. Five years ago yesterday, Jeff went to heaven, but we are thankful God is still using Jeff's words to uplift and encourage the special-needs community. Listen and be encouraged!
Tuesday May 17, 2022
Tuesday May 17, 2022
About Mallory
Mallory Brown is wife to her college sweetheart, Tom, and mother of 2 blessings (Julie 7, Adam 4). She is an accidental stay-at-home mom, occupational therapist, and lover of outdoors and hiking. She is also the creator of Open Door Encouragement and Bible-grams.
Related Links
Instagram: @opendoorencouragement (for daily bible grams, notifications for blog posts, and sharing Favorite Soul Shaping Things)
Website: www.opendoorencouragement.com (for all of the Bible-grams created, in a digital format. All housed by topic. )
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Tuesday May 10, 2022
Tuesday May 10, 2022
About Jessica
Jessica is a mother to three beautiful babies; Alley (age 9), Beckham (age 6), and Scout (age 4). She is also a special-needs mama. Finley (Scout- as we call her) has an undiagnosed rare genetic disorder- for which there are no treatments or cure. Jessica says it's "been the greatest blessing and challenge of [her] life."
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Find out more about By the Brook!
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Tuesday May 03, 2022
Tuesday May 03, 2022
About Mikayla
Mikayla McKenzie has been married to her husband, Brandon, for almost 8 years. They have three children; Bear, Daisy, and a baby girl due in October. Their son, Bear, was diagnosed with congenital CMV at only a few months old. Mikayla has always had a heart and calling for anything surrounding people with special needs, so now that she is a mom to a special-needs child, her passion has become even stronger!
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Find out more about By the Brook!
Favorite Quotes
"He's prepared you for this, and what you can't handle, you hand it over to Him."
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Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
About Melanie
Married for 28 years, Melanie is the mother of two young men, one of whom was born with a rare genetic disorder. Passionately sharing God’s message of joy, hope and purpose with every special needs mom she meets is an integral part of her calling. She lives it out through speaking engagements, blogging, missions work in Haiti, and her recently published devotional titled “Bundle of Joy”. Melanie lives in Sunny South Florida and enjoys traveling the world with her whole family.
Related Links
Rising Above podcast- Episode 58
Rising Above podcast- Episode 87
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Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
About Mark
Mark Arnold is the Additional Needs Ministry Director at leading national Christian children’s and youth organisation Urban Saints and is Co-Founder of the Additional Needs Alliance, a vibrant and fast-growing online community. He is an enthusiastic national and international advocate and ally for children and young people with additional needs.
Mark blogs as the national award winning ‘The Additional Needs Blogfather’, and is father to James who is Autistic and also has Learning Difficulties and Epilepsy.
Related Links
www.theadditionalneedsblogfather.com
http://www.urbansaints.org/additionalneedstraining
Instagram: @markjarnold
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Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
About Kelly
Kelly is a wife, mother of 3, part-time accountant and actively involved in her community. She considers herself a recovering type-A planner ever since the birth of their oldest son nearly fifteen years ago. Her mantra is "Life is not always easy, but life is always beautiful."
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Instagram: @speckhome
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