Gloria’s Story
I was born on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. I was born the second of twin girls. My parents were both full blood Sioux Indians. My father was from the Oglala Sioux Nation and my mother a Rosebud Sioux.
Up in those parts even though each is a band of the Sioux Tribe, some of the people don’t get along. So my parents relationship was like that of the Montague and Capulet’s in Shakespear’s Romeo and Juliet. None of the women in my father’s family could tolerate my fathers love for my mother. Not only was she beautiful; she was a ‘Rosebud’.
And to my mother’s parents my father was never good enough for her. Much of that had to do with the fact that my mother’s father was a minister. And my father came from a family that was known for their ferocity and willingness to fight… (more…)
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Interview: Pastor Rudy, Touch! II
March 5, 2008 | Uncategorized
Today we continue the interview with Pastor Rudy, author of Touch, pastor of St. Johns, and advocate for faith that intersects with a real world.
Suzie: Your father later came to your church and his life was changed. What would you say to teens or adults who live out their faith, but whose parents don’t agree with their new life?
Pastor Rudy: My dad taught me to “never trust preachers and church people.” He would go to say that they were all full of S_ _ _.
He was a graphic communicator with a very well placed esteem and courage to speak his own truth as if the world bowed to it. When I first began my dad told his friends that he had “lost me to God” as if he was in competition to keep me from getting to God, but what he really meant was in the cryptic code. (more…)
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Interview: Pastor Rudy, Touch!
March 4, 2008 | Uncategorized
The Pastor Rudy Experience
Pastor Rudy’s blog
Today & tomorrow’s interview is with a pastor making a difference in the toughest streets of Houston, TX. He is the author of Touch: Pressing Against the Wounds of a Broken World . He has joined with Beyonce in a global anti-hunger initiative. He found God while working with his father in what he calls a borderline bordello. I hope you enjoy the interview with Pastor Rudy.
Suzie: I want to thank you for joining us on Dare to Believe. I read your book, Touch. When you became a believer, you were running a different type of business with your father. What did God show you in the midst of that environment?
Pastor Rudy: There were many lessons learned in our little “Borderline Bordello.” (more…)
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