Living Out a Family Legacy: Will Graham & Myquillyn Smith

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🗓️ 27 December 2018

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Will Graham, grandson of Billy Graham, and Myquillyn Smith have been blessed with rich family legacies, and honor the values and lessons they’ve been taught from previous generations. Today, Will Graham is the vice president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Although he grew up under the legacy of his grandfather, Will was given freedom to follow any path he chose. Will shares what it was like growing up in the Graham family, about the winding path he followed as God led him to serve in his family’s ministry, and some stories from his first book, Redeemed: Devotions for the Longing Soul. When Myquillyn Smith grew up, she learned to embrace home as a place where rest, creativity, and hospitality could flourish. And for the past ten years, Myquillyn has been encouraging women to embrace their home—imperfections and all—on her blog, The Nester, and now in her new book Cozy Minimalist Home. Today Myquillyn tells us how she began to let go of perfection and be content with what she has, right where God put her, and how she’s been able to use her home to connect with others.

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0:00.0	I love God's word and God's word changes lives. It's not Will Graham, it's not Billy Graham. It's not Franklin
0:08.7	Graham. It's God's Word, the Bible. That's what can change lives. That's what speaks into our heart.
0:14.8	Christ comes into us and makes us a whole new creation. That's a miracle and I get to see that so
0:19.8	often just because I'm on the front row literally on the stage and I'm watching
0:24.4	everybody down there give their life to Christ. That's a miracle and I'll never
0:28.4	get tired of that. Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast.
0:33.0	Today's guests have been blessed with rich family legacies and honor the values and lessons
0:38.3	they've been taught from previous generations.
0:41.4	Author and Pastor Will Graham and writer and decorator Mike Will and Smith.
0:47.0	First up, Will Graham is the grandson of the legendary minister Billy Graham and the vice president
0:52.1	of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
0:55.0	Although he grew up under the legacy of his grandfather, Will was given freedom to follow any
0:59.4	path he chose.
1:01.3	Will shares what it was like growing up in the grand family about the winding
1:05.3	path he followed as God led him to serve in his family's ministry and some stories
1:09.6	from his first book, Redeemed, Devotions for the Longing Soul.
1:14.5	My name is Will Graham, and I'm the oldest son of Jane and Franklin Graham, which means my grandfather's
1:22.1	Dr. Billy Graham.
1:23.0	I guess one of the most interesting things is, is that my grandfather now, we have the exact same name.
1:29.0	He's William Franklin Graham Jr.
1:32.0	My father is William Franklin Graham Jr. My father is William Franklin Graham the third. I'm William
1:36.4	Franklin Graham the fourth. My son's actually William Franklin Graham the fifth.
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