God, Satan, and Katrina

Newsweek, March, 2006 by Jon Meacham

In New Orleans to preach to 1,000 clergy gathered at the First Baptist Church there--his first sermon in eight months--the Rev. Billy Graham toured the hard-hit city last week. Afterward, the 87-year-old Graham, who has also just published a new book, "The Journey: How to Live by Faith in an Uncertain World," spoke to NEWSWEEK by telephone. Edited excerpts:

This is your first trip to the coast after Katrina. What are your impressions?

This is the greatest disaster that I have ever seen, and I've seen many, all over the world. Mile after mile after mile, and not a house standing, not a thing that has been left untouched by Katrina. It's overwhelming to me. After my first tour, in fact, I was so emotional that I could not even talk to my wife for a while.

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