Editorial October 23, 1995 Issue

The sufficiency of God's grace

Barbara M. Vining

It's not unusual for people to feel inspired and encouraged when they see someone—especially someone in extraordinary circumstances—achieving beyond the generally accepted limits of human capacity and, in addition, doing it with grace and joy.

Here are a few examples that have inspired me:

• Helen Keller, that remarkable woman who, in spite of deafness and blindness, became a proficient scholar (graduating cum laude from Radcliffe College), writer, and lecturer, devoting her long life to the opening up to people's thought to the unrecognized capabilities of people with disabilities.

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