Could our plodding, our daily persevering through a life we didn't expect, don't want and didn't choose, actually bring blessing?

And that afternoon, as the sun slanted low through the changing autumn leaves, I remembered to savor the moment, soak in the beauty, breathe deeply and feel the immensity of God.

Chronic illness is hard. Pain is hard. Isolation is hard. The financial cost is hard. Grieving is hard and necessary and sometimes takes far longer than we every imagined.

Recently God asked me the same question in a new way, "And if I don't allow you to heal, if I never remove the pain, will you still trust Me?

Forgiveness without understanding is like faith without proof.

In one breath, I release all negative feelings and fearful thoughts, then fill up my lungs with wonder and awe and pure, unadulterated joy.

I want to give as many Canadians the opportunity to be successful and if we can use their athletic gifts to get them a free degree or a free diploma across the border then I guess I'm doing my job.

Presidents don't have the benefit of hindsight. You have to make difficult decisions based on the information that's before you at that moment.

A coward can be a hero, but a hero cannot be a coward.

In this Year of Faith, we pray to the Lord that the Church may always be a true family that brings God’s love to everyone.

If it is true that we need a degree of certainty to get by, it is also true that too much of the stuff can be lethal.

We feel and weigh soon enough what we suffer from others: but how much others suffer from us, of this we take no heed.

Me and my friends get together all the time for girls night, or watch rock of love on the couch. I end up going out to a lot of shows, and surfing with my folks is always high on the priority list.

God's Word is its own best argument.