Friend William J. Petersen, author of over thirty books, has trekked through life using several Bible verses as anchors to give him assurance and insurance. At 88, he teaches a men’s Bible study and is a prolific writer. Read some of his insights below. Assurance As a young man, I adopted 2 Timothy 1:7-8…
Category: Religion
My Press Conference with Billy Graham
It’s time to be grateful for Billy Graham, who died Wednesday at age 99. I have several BG stories, but what means the most is that Billy was the focal point of my first press conference in 1971. Afterward, the story that resulted became my first journalistic byline in Texas Christian University’s The Daily Skiff….
Samaritan’s Purse and BG’s RRT After Hurricane Harvey
Recently, I went to hurricane-hit Galveston County, Texas, with the Billy Graham’s Rapid Response Team (RRT) chaplains in tandem with Samaritan’s Purse volunteers. It was a hope-filled experience. Even now, hundreds of Americans are still quietly helping recent disaster victims find a new normal. The “Orange Shirts” of Samaritan’s Purse Many of these volunteers work…