What an encouragement to realize that God has reserved you and me for a special task in His great work. In His hands we're not only useful, but priceless.

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.

In the Christian faith, God really puts suffering front and center. He doesn't get squeamish about it.

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.

My life goal is to see the world's one billion people with disabilities embraced and encouraged by the church.

The truths of the Bible are never just abstract concepts; they're always related to real people.

I was in every club and extra-curricular activity at high school, and I was in the National Honor Society.