The greatest good suffering can do for me is to increase my capacity for God.

Oh, my goodness, when you're a mother and you just give birth to a child with spina bifida and -- or Down's Syndrome or cerebral palsy, there's a bit of a shock you're going to have to go through, a bit of an adjustment curve.

A broken life in the hands of God is ripe for blessing.

God is truly on the side of those who work for social justice, especially when we accompany that work with the giving of the Gospel!

The Psalms wrap nouns and verbs around our pain better than any other book.

Well, painting is the one thing I do, that is just me. It's me and easels, and the pencils. And as long as I don't drool too much over the canvas, the colors come out pretty good. And it's a chance to express all that I've got inside, that I sometimes keep hidden. And I think that's why I paint big broad, wide open landscapes.

Thats what I love about serving God. In His eyes, there are no little people...because there are no big people. We are all on the same playing field