Miracles from the Hill Podcast

Today Ryan is joined by Mike Carlton, Former Program Manager at Overcomers, to discuss the Eighth Step in the Twelve Step Process.

Step 8: Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.

About our Guest:
This episode was recorded before Mike's passing earlier this year. Mike Carlton was with Miracle Hill for over 20 years serving in many areas but finishing his tim...

Today Ryan is joined by Mike Malone, Senior Program Director of FAVOR Upstate, to discuss the Sixth and Seventh Steps in the Twelve Step Process.

Step 6: We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character
Step 7: We humbly asked Him to remove all our shortcomings

About our Guest:
Mike Malone is the Senior Program Director at FAVOR Upstate. FAVOR provides free addiction recovery servic...

Today Ryan is joined by Jason Cochran, Clinical Director of Canterbury Counseling, to discuss the Fifth Step of the Twelve Steps; Confession.

Step 5 of the 12-Step Program is: “Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.”

On this episode Ryan and Jason discuss the importance and also the challenges to confession.

Jason graduated from Columbia International Uni...

Komron Saadati has been with Miracle Hill for 23 years and currently serves as a Counselor at our Overcomer's Center. Today he joins Ryan to discuss the fourth step, taking a moral inventory.

Step 4: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
(Lamentations 3:40 “let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the LORD.”)

This fourth step can often be difficult for anyone goi...

On this episode Ryan talks with Bryan Braddock about step 3 of The Twelve Steps.

"Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him."

Bryan is the Chief Executive Officer of House of Hope of the Pee Dee in Florence, SC. He discusses with Ryan his own history of struggle, what surrendering His will to God looks like, sanctification and what it's like to work ...

Step 2: Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. (aa.org)

On this episode Ryan sits down with Sarah to talk through step 2 of The Twelve Steps.

Sarah is a graduate of Miracle Hill's Renewal Center. Renewal is Miracle Hill's women's recovery program. Before coming to Miracle Hill Ministries, Sarah had experienced homelessness due to her addition to drugs. With ...

Welcome to Season 4 of Miracles from the Hill Podcast: a survey of The Twelve Steps.

In this season, we will take a closer look at The Twelve Steps and how Miracle Hill Ministries incorporates this resource into our recovery programs.

When people think about "The Twelve Steps" they may associate this resource with Alcoholics Anonymous or another similar recovery group. While these steps have their hist...

If you've ever wondered what happens behind the scenes at Christmastime at Miracle Hill Ministries, this episode is for you.

On this episode, Ryan is joined by Chief Development Officer Jacob Edmisten and their conversation centers around what the holidays look like for our staff and guests.

This season can be difficult for many experiencing homelessness or addiction because often these individuals are alie...

Brenda Parks, VP of Miracle Hill Children's Ministries joins Ryan again for this special Q&A episode. 

Here is a sampling of questions covered on this episode: 

• What happens to children who have special needs and are experiencing homelessness? 
• What is insecure attachment and how does that play out with children experiencing homelessness?
• How does DSS and Miracle Hill address the issue of people with "ulteri...

Ryan is joined by David White, founder and CEO of Fostering Great Ideas; view their website here.

As the saying goes, "blood is thicker than water." So what happens when sibling groups enter the foster care system?

The reality is, many sibling groups become separated from each other when they are removed from their homes. This separation only adds to the trauma the children are experiencing. That's ...

On this episode, Sandy and Ryan discuss a new endeavor for Miracle Hill Ministries: a children's book!

Sandy has authored "Isabelle's Invisible Neighbor," a children's book that helps educate the younger members of our society on the reality of homelessness. Through this conversation, Sandy explains the story behind this book and shares how God worked in her heart to grow a love for the underprivi...

Kelly is Miracle Hill's educational advocate for teens in foster care with Miracle Hill. Kelly understands the vast landscape of resources available to teens and young adults in the Foster Care system. Her job is to help identify which resources would be helpful to these teens and guide them through the process of utilizing the resources.

For a teen and young adult that chooses to stay in Foster Care, DSS offers many...

Greenville County Public Schools defines homelessness as "a lack of permanent housing resulting from extreme poverty, or, in the case of unaccompanied youth, the lack of a safe and stable living environment."

Irene is the Homeless Education Liaison & McKinney-Vento Project Coordinator with Greenville County Schools. On this episode, she sits down with Ryan and discusses in-depth the resources provided for chi...

Heather and her husband said yes to God's tug on their hearts to foster. When they opened their home to a little baby girl named Daisy, they were overjoyed. Yet, Heather was keenly aware that there was a biological mother who lost her little girl on the other side of Daisy.

As Heather cared for Daisy, she supported the idea of Daisy and her mother, Gina, being reunified, but Gina couldn't shake her addiction, ca...

Gina struggled with alcohol abuse from an early age. Eventually, her life spiraled out of control and she began using hard drugs.

When she found out she was pregnant with her first child, Daisy, she had hope. But her pregnancy couldn't save her.

During Daisy's delivery, Gina tested positive for illegal substances, causing Daisy to enter SCDSS custody. Gina longed to be a good mother, but struggled to s...

You don't want to miss this miniseries, titled "Grace: A Complicated Journey."  

The next three episodes will chronicle the complex story of three women: Evelyn, Gina, and Heather. These women's stories intersect into one narrative, connected by the same two children, Daisy and Grace.

This one story brings the threads of addiction, foster care, adoption, reunification, and reconciliation into ...

Evelyn has a big heart. When she heard that a little baby girl needed a home, she and her husband decided to take the leap of faith and open their doors.

When Grace was born she was in bad shape. Her mother, Gina, used drugs throughout her pregnancy, resulting in a lot of medical concerns for Grace.

Evelyn remembers going into the hospital to meet Grace and seeing Gina. Before Gina could see her, Evelyn ducked o...

On this episode, Ryan sits down with Diane Turner, a trauma-informed Care-Coordinator at Miracle Hill Ministries.

Diane dives into the weeds of trauma and how children who experience a variety of traumas are thus impacted. There are many tools used by SCDSS, case workers, care coordinators, and other social workers to help define and recognize trauma. One example of these tools is the ACE test, which stands for Adverse Ch...