Safe Place with Ruth Graham

It is Spring! And the birds are singing as they claim and protect their territory as they nest. I have a Cardinal, who for the past 5 weeks, has banged himself against my sunroom window, my kitchen window, my living room window and my study window. The cat at first thought this was exciting but…

“Now the Lord said to Moses, “One more plague I will bring on Pharaoh and on Egypt; ‘About midnight I am going out into the midst of Egypt, and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of the Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of…

An old hymn by John Whittier speaks to our need today as we are anxious about the growth of the corona virus. Remember God is on His throne. And none of us will die a minute before our time. We can rest in the knowledge that our times are in His hands. Dear Lord and…

Fear not tomorrow, God is already there. I wrote a book by that title some years ago. The truth is real. I believe He is in our tomorrows no matter what is to come. We do not know what is to come but there are some things we do know. We know God is still…

The corona virus has blindsided us. We weren’t prepared for such a virus or its consequences. No one recognized its severity early on…but now they do. We all do. On Saturday the Billy Graham Library held a book-signing for my new book, Forgiving My Father, Forgiving Myself, An Invitation to the Miracle of Forgiveness. So…

The corona virus is scaring the world. It is a virus that took the wold by surprise and for which, as of now, there is no treatment. Scientists are working hard to find a way to curb this epidemic. Locusts are ravaging parts of Africa and now are moving on the border of China. There…

Congratulations to the Kansas City Chiefs on winning the Super Bowl. They played well and deserved the win. It was a fun occasion watched my millions. But there is a downside to it. Super Bowl night is the worst for sex trafficking. I was distracted throughout most of the game…we had dinner with my youngest…

It was such sad news this afternoon when I learned of Kobe Bryant’s sudden death along with his daughter and others on the helicopter with them. They were travelling to his daughter’s basketball game. I started to write of their “untimely deaths”. From our point of view it was untimely. But for God it was…

As you know by now I am a huge fan of the Queen of England, as was my mother. I have all of my mother’s books on the royal family upstairs in a spare bedroom. I watched The Crown several times and have already watched the new season – do not like this season nearly…

Are evangelicals in danger of losing their voice? Are we willing to stoop to be a political group? Our mission is to preach the Gospel – until all hear. Why do we think it is important to cozy up to power? It think it should make us afraid that we are losing our voice –…

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