I can look at the future with anticipation. And it's comforting to know that someday, as Christians, we'll be able to look back and have a little more clarity on why certain things in life happened.

But my experience is that people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with compassion.

I had the great advantage of a mother who used to tell me the most beautiful years of a woman's life are ages 35 to 45.

More important than talent, strength, or knowledge is the ability to laugh at yourself and enjoy the pursuit of your dreams.

Rich Mullins was the uneasy conscience of Christian music. He didn't live like a star. He'd taken a vow of poverty so that what he earned could be used to help others.

Everybody's entitled to think whatever they want and to express that, but my personal day-to-day experience does not come into contact with any of those people.

The people I've been exposed to have been people of amazing integrity.