03/12/2026
What if disability isn't a detour from God's plan — but an invitation deeper into His heart?
That is the question at the center of a conversation we don't want you to miss.
Sarah Lowry, CEO of Love That Surpasses, recently joined Rachael Vermeulen on the A Little Extra Love podcast for one of the most honest, theologically rich conversations we have had the privilege of being part of. If you are a disability parent, a church leader, or a believer longing to understand where God is in the hard places — this episode was made for you.
What You'll Hear:
Sarah opens up about raising two children with disabilities — Autism and Down syndrome — and the journey God took her family through from grief to redemption to a theology that changed everything. Together, Sarah and Rachael unpack The Leah Inheritance, a Scripture-rooted framework for understanding disability not as a side story but as one of the most spiritually formative callings in the Church today.
This conversation will meet you in the places you don't always have words for — the exhaustion, the unanswered expectations, the quiet grief of a life that looked different than you planned. And it will remind you that God's presence meets us there first.
In This Episode You'll Discover:
Why disability parenting often begins with grief — and ends in transformation
The lie of "normal motherhood" and how God reframes identity and worth
Why the Church's narrative around disability so often falls short — and what a better one looks like
The biblical meaning and redemptive power behind The Leah Inheritance
How disability ministry reveals a depth of dependence on the Holy Spirit that the whole Church needs
Why disability families carry unique spiritual insight the Body of Christ cannot afford to overlook
How churches can move from accommodation → invitation → partnership
This episode is for you if: You are navigating a diagnosis. Leading a church that wants to serve families well. Or simply a believer who has ever wondered where God is when life doesn't go the way you planned.
The answer, as Sarah's story makes clear, is that He was there first — and He has been building something in you all along.
Click here to listen to the Podcast Episode.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-that-surpasses-rethinking-disability-holiness/id1736246855?i=1000754831315
Click here to sign up for The Leah Inheritance E-Course (A FREE Ecourse for families who carry the ministry of disability or church leaders wanting to love families well).
www.lovethatsurpasses.org/leah
