Growing up, I always thought that I had a lot of Native American blood in me. As I grew older I came to
realize that I had Scottish, Irish, and British blood, also.  In fact, I’ve told many folks that I considered
taking a name that best represented my culture and my “people”.  I settled on “Sleeping Elk McTavish”.
Fortunately, wise companions talked me out of doing that, and it was a good thing because DNA
evidence showed that I had little, if any, Native American blood.
My brother, Stephen, enjoys genealogy and has done extensive research on our family.  It is very
interesting to learn about ancestors, isn’t it? But have you ever given much thought to your “spiritual
ancestors “?  I have read a couple of books about Billy Graham and in doing so, I came realized that he
had spiritual ancestors with very familiar names. Famous religious leaders littered his spiritual ancestors:
D L Moody, Wilbur Chapman, and Billy Sunday, for instance.
There was one name that caught my attention, however: Edward Kimball.  Kimball was no great pastor
or dynamic evangelist. He was a Sunday School teacher who had a heart for the teens he taught in his
weekly classes. He had a particular burden for one young man and ended up going to a shoe store
where the boy worked after school.  He witnessed to him and led him to the Lord in a stockroom.  That
young man was D L Moody.  Billy Graham could trace his spiritual ancestry back to a guy who taught
teenagers the Bible on Sundays.
We may never know it until we get to heaven, but don’t you think it would be such an honor to be
family member of someone’s spiritual ancestry?  If you have ever taught in Sunday School, Discipleship
Training, RA’s, GA’s, or other places of teaching, you probably are. 
Say good things about your Savior and His church.