Family Anecdote with Billy Graham

Tribute to Billy Graham 1918 – 2018 As the world pays tribute to this great but humble man of God, it’s heartening to remember some stories of our family and our connection to His ministry. YOUTH FOR CHRIST ‘40’s In the 1940’s, my Mom Faith Krantz, who was probably in her late teens or early…

Love in the Time of COVID

My favorite novel is Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, set in Colombia and interjecting human passion into the time when the disease cholera swept the nation. In the novel, the physician Urbino eradicates cholera in the town, involving himself and others in a myriad of love’s forms. While some critics…

A Tale of Two Elizabeths

One Overcomer; the Other Out for Blood At 44 Women for Orangewood’s scholarship drive in Newport Beach, California, I heard a captivating talk by a former captive.  Elizabeth Smart, 31, author of My Story and Where There’s Hope, was kidnapped at age 14 from her idyllic life in Salt Lake City by a deranged man and woman. Controlled…