View from the train

view from train to Grindlewald from Interlaken
Originally uploaded by Reformation Tours, LLC.

Frank is currently in Switzerland leading our "Reformation Trails" tour, which journeys from Geneva to Berlin. He just called me from the train on his way up the Alps from Grindelwald. He took this photo on the tour last year of the view from the train window. Switzerland is gorgeous! The group is having a wonderful time and enjoying fellowship along the way. I'll post some highlights when he gets back and we've uploaded the photos from this year's trip.

Farewell to Ruth Graham

Mrs. Ruth Bell Graham, beloved wife of world-renowned evangelist Billy Graham, died at 5:05 p.m. on June 14, 2007, at her home at Little Piney Cove in Montreat, N.C., surrounded by her husband and all five children. She was 87.

She was born in China, on June 10, 1920. Her parents were medical missionaries and as a young girl Ruth first sensed the great calling to abandon all for the sake of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

In the fall of 1937, she enrolled at Wheaton College and three years later was introduced to “Preacher,” the nickname other students gave the strapping Billy Graham from Charlotte, North Carolina.


In late April 1941 after much struggling in prayer, Ruth realized her life’s mission was to be bound up in Billy’s passion for evangelism. Shortly after their graduation from Wheaton, the two were married in Montreat on August 13, 1943.

Ruth treasured her role as the strong woman behind “America’s Pastor” and was Billy’s closest confidant, most trusted advisor, and dearest friend. She loved to move behind the scenes, away from the spotlight, and helped him craft and research sermons and even books.


To read more about this remarkable woman, click here

Congratulations to the Reformation Museum in Geneva

Congratulations to the Reformation Museum in Geneva for winning the prestigious 2007 Council of Europe Museum Prize! When I visited the Museum last month I was able to see the

statue and hear more about this award.

Housed on the spot where the people of Geneva voted to adopt Reformation in 1536, the museum features displays on the Bible, the work of Calvin, religious controversy with other Christian traditions, the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, Protestant resistance to fascism, missionary work and the role of women in the ministry.

It is now planning a special exhibition in 2009 to mark the 500th anniversary of Calvin's birth, a commemoration also to be celebrated by the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, a grouping of 216 churches with roots in Calvin's Reformation. The alliance has brought together 50 representatives of Reformed churches for a 15-19 April meeting in Geneva to plan for the Calvin Jubilee worldwide.

"People might expect such a museum to be deadly serious, demanding and dogmatic," noted one judge, Mikhail Gnedovsky from Russia. "But this is far from being the case. In fact, the atmosphere of the museum is very relaxed and free," he said, noting touches such as cartoons of Calvinists and a picture of Calvin on a vending machine in the Geneva museum café.

If you are interested in visiting the museum, contact us about joining one of our scheduled tours or let us design a custom tour for you.