The Fight Over Billy Graham's Legacy.........Ummmm interesting

[mfcorey1]

NEW YORK – With the great evangelist in his twilight, his children are jostling over his image and the family name. In this week’s Newsweek, Lisa Miller reports on the younger Grahams’ politics, infighting—and efforts to protect their father from the press.

Billy Graham was upstairs, napping. In the kitchen of the mountaintop home where he and his wife, Ruth, raised their five children, the table was set for lunch. Except for a flickering candle on that table and the exuberant pacing of two large dogs named China and Lars, the house was still, as empty as a museum after hours. The walls—witness to so many squabbles and pranks, prayers and hymns, private conversations with would-be presidents, rock stars, and prizefighters—did not speak.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/dailybeast/20110517/ts_dailybeast/14146_billygrahamslegacyhischildrensfighttoshapethepreachersname

[Raschel]

1. The fight over Billy Graham's $$$$.

[Bucky]

2. Franklin Graham has already soiled dad's legacy, exchanging salvation for political power

The more I read up on Billy Graham, the more impressed I get with his continuing spiritual growth over the years. Franklin Graham is growing in the wrong direction, following the leads of other politicians who pretend to be preachers but exist only to politicize Christianity. His father has always been a leader, not a follower. What a disappointment.