May Sarah Palin Inspire the best in us.

I delight that Gov. Sarah Palin is the Republican candidate for Vice President. Regardless of the outcome, our nation will only benefit from learning about her and the dialogue that will ensue.

Men who aren't sure what it means to be men will be challenged by her strength, presence, and courage.

Women who aren't sure what it means to be women will be challenged by her prolife, profamily, and yet being a strongly Christian woman who answers her call to public life even as she's a wife and mother.

Over these next few months, we will get to know Sarah Palin. At first glance she strikes me as they type of person who has a lot of backbone and fiber to go with her outward appearances. while I'm sure there will be things that we find flaw with, she seems the type of person capable of bringing out the best in all of us.

Whatever the outcome of this election, Sarah Palin will be with us in a powerful way for a long time. We will each be better for it. Why? Because she doesn't point to herself, or even to some vague notion of etherial hope. She points to a life lived in loving service to others at the calling of her God.