tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219458857211445420.post7647890220161755808..comments2023-10-05T08:41:21.762-07:00Comments on gabriele goldstone: Billy Graham and DadGabriele Goldstonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04481625919437738131noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219458857211445420.post-76557920746328082582018-03-19T10:24:32.990-07:002018-03-19T10:24:32.990-07:00Interesting. I read an interview with Billy Graham...Interesting. I read an interview with Billy Graham, where he said he regretted getting involved with politics. His son's views, might not reflect his own. Thanks for reading and sharing your experiences.Gabriele Goldstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04481625919437738131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219458857211445420.post-58462530209904813802018-03-18T22:34:14.302-07:002018-03-18T22:34:14.302-07:00Wow I could relate to this Gabe. I too attended c...Wow I could relate to this Gabe. I too attended crusades as a kid. And I also had a close friend whose father was married to a Lutheran woman he had converted to his more 'evangelical' faith and he was constantly trying to convert her Lutheran relatives. Ironically he has died and his wife now 90 was 'relieved' of her membership in her husband's evangelical church because she was no longer contributing financially. Her son invited the pastor of her old Lutheran Church to pay her a visit and she has now rejoined there. <br />Another Graham family connection concerns my son. As a young college student he and his friends stood outside the MTS Centre when Franklin Graham was speaking there. Franklin had just endorsed President Bush's proposal to attack Iraq. My son was handing out pamphlets about peace and pacifism and a different approach with Syria to people going into the crusade. When the rally was about to begin he and his friends wanted to go in to hear what Graham had to say but the crusade security detail told them they were troublemakers and couldn't go inside. They had not said or done anything disruptive just handed out their pamphlets. Franklin Graham and his support of Trump makes my skin crawl and is almost enough to make me want to disavow any connection I have to the word 'Christian.' <br />When Dave and I were visiting some of our Hong Kong students at Wheaton College near Chicago we discovered the Billy Graham museum. It is a huge place devoted to telling the story of Graham's life and ministry. This kind of glorification seems the very antithesis of the BIblical message. But then all these opulent cathedrals I have been visiting in Portugal would probably have Jesus in tears. What a distortion of the simple life he talked about. <br />Thanks for such a great post Gabe!MaryLou Driedgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07445513356407061409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219458857211445420.post-74253378358268605272018-03-18T10:31:59.177-07:002018-03-18T10:31:59.177-07:00It's the compost of our future, I guess. :) T...It's the compost of our future, I guess. :) Thanks for stopping by.Gabriele Goldstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04481625919437738131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219458857211445420.post-81523963926831854242018-03-17T18:35:53.001-07:002018-03-17T18:35:53.001-07:00An evocative post, Gabe. The past has a powerful h...An evocative post, Gabe. The past has a powerful hold on all of us, often in unseen and unpredictable ways.Larry Verstraetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07344193383948839558noreply@blogger.com