If churches around the world would grasp the revolutionary truth that Christ's transforming power always comes through sacrifice and weakness, it would dramatically alter the landscape of the global church.

True, God hates Alzheimer's, spinal cord injury, mental illness, autism, and the rest (these conditions are all symptoms of the Fall). Yet he permits these things to accomplish something far more precious in our lives: patience, endurance, compassion for others who hurt, and refined faith and trust in God, to name a few.

Faith means being sure of what we hope for now. It means knowing something is real, this moment, all around you, even when you don't see it.

Deny your weakness, and you will never realize God's strength in you.

Amazing, isn't it, that our prayers...can move the very heart of God who created the universe?

It always helps to know that other parents with special-needs children are surviving, and surviving well.

Subdue your heart to match your circumstances.