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Archive for July 17th, 2005
My parents are stranded
Sunday, July 17th, 2005… in Cancun, Mexico, thanks to Hurricane Emily. They were supposed to fly back tonight in time for JLYNY tomorrow. Pray for safety and minimal damage. UPDATE, 7/19/05: My parents arrived safely back in New York around 1 this morning, and were at work bright and early today in the middle of the outreach. Sunday [...]
Abuelo’s coming
Sunday, July 17th, 2005(Abuelo, a la finca en Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Grandpa at the farm in Arecibo …) My grandfather is leaving the cows in Puerto Rico to someone else’s care in order to visit New York this week. (July 2002)He wanted to come for JLYNY — he’s such a proud dad watching his son minister during the [...]
In a class by himself
Sunday, July 17th, 2005I’ve always marveled at Tiger Woods. He’s younger than me, yet he won his tenth golf major this weekend at the British Open, in the same tournament big Jack Nicklaus said was his last. From the greatest to even greater in the same weekend: it’s the perfect passing of the torch. Tiger’s nothing if not [...]
Jesus Loves You, New York
Sunday, July 17th, 2005(That’s me on the left, at a street outreach in the early 80s, along with mom and dad, Jamie and Jonathan) This summer marks the 19th or 20th year of Abounding Grace’s annual “Jesus Loves You, New York” outreach. (I don’t recall if the first was in ’85 or ’86). Either way, I was a [...]
Documenting Dad
Sunday, July 17th, 2005p>Felix Olivier, a French filmmaker, will be filming a documentary about my father for the next three weeks. My Uncle Michael introduced him to dad’s 9/11 story a year or so ago, and the Charisma article from last April, “Not your Grandmother’s Pastor,” further piqued his interest: “With his tattoos and earing, New York City [...]