Americans are nervous; Americans are restless; and what troubles me the most is that Americans are uncharacteristically pessimistic.

There is nothing that moves a loving father's soul quite like his child's cry.

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

When we hurt, God doesn't always give us lots of words; he gives us the Word; the Word made flesh who is intimately acquainted with our grief and suffering. That's what helps the most.

Suffering is arguably God's choicest tool in shaping the character of Christ in us.

Suffering always prompts heart-wrenching questions: if God is good, why would He allow this pain in my life? Is God truly sovereign over accidents and birth anomalies, or does the devil set the world's agenda? How do I counsel people who are despairing of their condition?

Programs, systems and methods sit well in the ivory towers of monasteries or in the wooden arms of icons. Head knowledge comes from the pages of a theology text. But the invitation to know God - truly know Him - is always an invitation to suffer. Not to suffer alone, but to suffer with Him.