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Crossing the River

I recently took a trip to learn more about motherhood in Cambodia—a place where childbirth can mean life or death. Samaritan’s Purse maternal and child health programs are saving lives and providing the support these women desperately need.

Learn more: http://samaritanspurse.org/mothers

My Grandmother’s Poems

Did you know that April is national poetry month? I had no idea there was even such a thing. I have never really enjoyed poetry, until recently, when I realized it is a way for me to dig into my grandmother’s heart and seek her wisdom.

Take The Focus Off You

Can you remember a time when a person came up to you and said just the right thing at just the right moment? In a matter of a few seconds you went from feeling discouraged to feeling encouraged. And it felt so good, right? You even stood a little straighter after your friend left, felt …

A Journey to the East

I’ve spent the last week traveling with Samaritan’s Purse. I’ll be sharing more about my trip in the coming weeks, but wanted to share some photos with you.

Focus On What You Can Do

I often tease that I went from being Franklin Graham’s daughter to Corey Lynch’s wife and now Margaret’s mom. Somewhere between growing up in my dad’s shadow and marrying a football star, I lost my feeling of personal significance. Being surrounded by men of great talent makes me feel worthless.

Watching Your Child Waste Away

This is a picture of two-year-old Nafissa. She lives in Niger. Nafissa only weighed 11.5 pounds when her mother, 25-year-old Rahamou, brought her to the Samaritan’s Purse clinic several months ago. They were both starving. Due to severe acute malnutrition, Nafissa cannot see. “Before Nafissa’s blindness, she used to crawl and make small noises,” Rahamou …

Butchering That One Moment

The POWER is in the GOSPEL. People often assume just because I was born with the last name “Graham,” that I was born with the Scriptures already memorized and the sweet loving story of the Gospel flows eloquently from my mouth at any divine appointment.

Healing Will be a Choice

I was born decades after Dr. Martin Luther King’s legendary address in our nation’s capital – and 31 years after Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat. Being born in 1986, I obviously have never experienced the pains and fear of segregation. My only knowledge of the civil rights movement, I gained from …

How Well Do You Know My “Perfect” Life?

How often do you compare yourself – your life – to those around you? Maybe not in a way that screams “I’m coveting what you have,” but in a more subtle way. In today’s digital age we are inundated more and more with images of the perfect family, the perfect house, the perfect outfit, the …

Louis Zamperini Honored in the Rose Bowl

Louis Zamperini’s name has been in the news more and more over the past few months. First, with his passing at the age of 97 in July; then with the release of the movie Unbroken based on the book about his life.