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Tuesday, October 18th, 2005From last month’s Concert of Prayer Gala, where my father and I received “Leaving a Legacy†awards. With Dad With Hon. Adolpho Carrion, Jr. (L), Bronx Borough President, and Dr. Mac Pier (R), president of Concerts of Prayer Our table. L-R (back): Harold, Artie, Beautiful Bob, my brother Jamie, me. L-R (front): Jesus Jr., Pastor [...]
Leaving a legacy
Friday, September 23rd, 2005Tonight, Concerts of Prayer Greater New York will present my father and me with a “Legacy Award” at their annual gala. It’s always a privilege to be recognized for anything alongside my dad. He’s my hero and best friend, a mentor in ministry and role model in life. That’s why I don’t mind when people [...]
Thank God for dad’s collar
Sunday, September 11th, 2005Chris Monroe (a/k/a Paradoxology or Desert Pastor) has an interesting post about clerical collars that reminded me of my father. In the summer of 2000, a pastor friend suggested that dad buy a clerical collar for emergencies. This might not seem noteworthy, except that my father is an inner city pastor that one national magazine [...]
9/11
Sunday, September 11th, 2005Frankly, I’m confused. Four years ago, September 11th changed my life. I never made it to work that day and officially resigned my career as an attorney one week later. I never expected that September 10th would be my last day practicing law, nor could I have possibly imagined what the next fifteen months of [...]
One year ago today, dad almost died
Thursday, August 4th, 2005At approximately 3 pm, August 4, 2004, my dad was in a shoulda-been-fatal motorcycle accident on an Ohio highway. Providence and a full-faced helment saved his life. Read the full testimony here. adult toysgirls breastblonde lesbianstight assporn animalnude boyszoo sexgirls naked Map
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 [...]
My dad on CNN
Sunday, June 26th, 2005He’s in the background walking behind Heber Revilla, along with my brother Jamie, sister-in-law Taina and nephew Seth.
Happy Father’s Day, Dad
Friday, June 17th, 2005This Father’s Day is especially significant to my brothers and me because our dad nearly missed the celebration. Last August he survived a shoulda-been-fatal motorcycle wreck. Read the testimony below, originally written August 16, 2004.______________________________________________ Two weeks ago, August 4, 2004, my dad miraculously survived a near fatal motorcycle accident. He and two minister friends [...]
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