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Risen Motherhood

How Can I Help?: Loving the Friend Who Has a Child With Special Needs | Ep. 147

Risen Motherhood

Emily Jensen & Laura Wifler

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.96.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever frozen as your child loudly asks why another child is in a wheelchair? Wondered how to check in with your friend after her child receives a difficult diagnosis? Felt unsure of how to encourage a mom who feels their child's needs might be "too much" for the church to handle? In this special round table, Emily and Laura are joined by Abigail Dodds and Katie Blackburn to discuss what it's like to raise a child with special needs and how others can show support. Whether you're impacted directly or indirectly by the joys and challenges of this reality, we hope this show encourages and equips you to love moms who have children with special needs.

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0:00.0

Today's episode is brought to you by Faith Life TV.

0:02.8

This platform provides access to thousands of hours of shows, movies, and Bible teaching

0:07.0

for the purpose of edification and entertainment.

0:09.6

You'll even find content geared toward kids with videos of the biggest story,

0:13.3

the Jesus Storybook Bible, Torch Lighter's Heroes of the Bible, Bible Agent 7, and more.

0:18.3

For a limited time, you can redeem a free 14-day trial by visiting faithlifetv.com

0:24.0

forward slash motherhood. We're so thankful for this report of Faith Life TV.

0:34.0

Motherhood is hard. One second, we think we're doing a good enough job, and the next,

0:38.8

we feel like the worst mom on the planet, which is why we need the refreshing truth of the gospel

0:44.1

to be repeated over and over, giving us hope in the everyday moments. So, mom, whether you're

0:50.3

sipping cold coffee or doing a sink full of dishes, we hope you'll find truth, encouragement,

0:55.7

and laughter here. This is the Risen Motherhood Podcast. Thanks for joining us.

1:07.9

Hey guys, Emily here. On today's episode of Risen Motherhood, we're doing something a bit different.

1:13.0

Lauren, I wanted to have a living room-style chat with two dear friends who come alongside us

1:17.8

and modeled humility in their own journeys as moms to children with special needs. While this

1:23.1

might not impact you directly, many of you have friends, siblings, in-laws, school parents,

1:28.5

or other connections with families walking through the joys and challenges of this reality.

1:33.3

We hope that no matter what your connection is to this topic that you'll be equipped with

1:37.4

information to pray for and tangibly support moms who have a child with special needs.

1:42.9

If you haven't read it yet, this show is building on a foundation we laid on our book titled

1:47.2

Risen Motherhood, Gospel Hope for Everty Moments, and a chapter called The Gospel in our

1:51.4

Children with Differences. If you want to learn how to think about this topic and the many

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