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Denzel Washington's next phase of life includes sharing the word of God as a minister. Days before his 70th birthday, the actor rededicated his life to God on Saturday, getting baptized at Harlem's Kelly Temple Church of God in Christ. He also received a minister license that will allow him to be ordained and lead spiritual services in the future.
"In one week I turn 70,” he said, according to Archbishop Christopher Bryant, Page Six reports. “It took a while but I'm here."
He added, “If [God] can do this for me, there’s nothing He can’t do for you. The sky literally is the limit.”
Denzel's wife, Pauletta Washington, also spoke to the congregation, expressing how proud she was of his spiritual journey.
“Forty-six years later, here I’m still standing next to him as only God will have it,” she said. “So I’m very proud of you. You are the head of our house and you have set a great example for our children, who are now adult children who know the difference because we have shown them the difference.”
Denzel has long been open about his faith and Christianity, recently sharing a story about seeing the face of God while on a yacht listening to a song called "The Face of God."
"I was put on this earth to share, and to be an example, of the power, and wisdom, and grace, and mercy of God in my life," he previously shared to BBC’s 1Xtra Breakfast host Nadia Jae, later adding, "So my life is not the movies I make. That's what I've been put here to do, or that's proof of the source of what I've been given to do on this earth, and it's not acting."
Season 2 of Apple TV's Shrinking is coming to ??an end, with its finale dropping on Christmas Day. The season saw the addition of Damon Wayans Jr. as Derrick, a friend of Ted McGinley's Derek and the new love interest of Gaby, played by Jessica Williams. But Damon admits he knew nothing about the show when producer Bill Lawrence pitched it to him.
"He was like, 'Wanna come do this show?' And I was just like, 'What is it about?' He's like, 'It's about shrinks who don't have their s*** together.' I was like, 'Oh.' He's like, 'Harrison Ford is in it.' I was like, 'Oh!' And so I watched," Damon tells ABC Audio. "I sat and I watched the first episode and I wound up watching the entire first season just in one sitting. And I was just like, I have to be a part of this show. And so I went and I went willingly. And I was just so happy. It was a great decision that I made."
He adds working with Harrison was "everything that you'd imagine": "He's so professional. He's so quick and he likes to laugh." With that in mind, he made it his goal "to try and make him break character," which he did a few times.
"He actually made me break several times, too," Damon says. "So, yeah, it was fun. It was a lot of fun."
He praises everyone on the cast, including Jason Segel, who he says "is amazing in the show"; Michael Urie, who is "crushing it"; and his "fave" Williams, noting, "That woman is just ... perfect."
"I'm just so happy to be a part of it because it's just like you're sitting there with some titans," Damon says.
Denzel Washington gets baptized, becomes a minister ahead of 70th birthday
Posted/updated on:
December 23, 2024 at
10:29 am
Photo by Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images
Denzel Washington's next phase of life includes sharing the word of God as a minister. Days before his 70th birthday, the actor rededicated his life to God on Saturday, getting baptized at Harlem's Kelly Temple Church of God in Christ. He also received a minister license that will allow him to be ordained and lead spiritual services in the future.
"In one week I turn 70,” he said, according to Archbishop Christopher Bryant, Page Six reports. “It took a while but I'm here."
He added, “If [God] can do this for me, there’s nothing He can’t do for you. The sky literally is the limit.”
Denzel's wife, Pauletta Washington, also spoke to the congregation, expressing how proud she was of his spiritual journey.
“Forty-six years later, here I’m still standing next to him as only God will have it,” she said. “So I’m very proud of you. You are the head of our house and you have set a great example for our children, who are now adult children who know the difference because we have shown them the difference.”
Denzel has long been open about his faith and Christianity, recently sharing a story about seeing the face of God while on a yacht listening to a song called "The Face of God."
"I was put on this earth to share, and to be an example, of the power, and wisdom, and grace, and mercy of God in my life," he previously shared to BBC’s 1Xtra Breakfast host Nadia Jae, later adding, "So my life is not the movies I make. That's what I've been put here to do, or that's proof of the source of what I've been given to do on this earth, and it's not acting."
Damon Wayans Jr. says joining Apple TV+’s ‘Shrinking’ ‘was a great decision
Posted/updated on:
December 23, 2024 at
8:08 am
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Season 2 of Apple TV's Shrinking is coming to ??an end, with its finale dropping on Christmas Day. The season saw the addition of Damon Wayans Jr. as Derrick, a friend of Ted McGinley's Derek and the new love interest of Gaby, played by Jessica Williams. But Damon admits he knew nothing about the show when producer Bill Lawrence pitched it to him.
"He was like, 'Wanna come do this show?' And I was just like, 'What is it about?' He's like, 'It's about shrinks who don't have their s*** together.' I was like, 'Oh.' He's like, 'Harrison Ford is in it.' I was like, 'Oh!' And so I watched," Damon tells ABC Audio. "I sat and I watched the first episode and I wound up watching the entire first season just in one sitting. And I was just like, I have to be a part of this show. And so I went and I went willingly. And I was just so happy. It was a great decision that I made."
He adds working with Harrison was "everything that you'd imagine": "He's so professional. He's so quick and he likes to laugh." With that in mind, he made it his goal "to try and make him break character," which he did a few times.
"He actually made me break several times, too," Damon says. "So, yeah, it was fun. It was a lot of fun."
He praises everyone on the cast, including Jason Segel, who he says "is amazing in the show"; Michael Urie, who is "crushing it"; and his "fave" Williams, noting, "That woman is just ... perfect."
"I'm just so happy to be a part of it because it's just like you're sitting there with some titans," Damon says.
