Denzel Washington says he is unafraid to speak openly about his faith, even in an industry where talking about God isn’t always welcomed.
In a essay for Esquire, the actor recalled visiting West Angeles church in Los Angeles during the 1980s after an invitation from Robert Townsend. ‘The biggest moment of my life was when I was filled with the Holy Spiriti he wrote.
Washington said the words he once recited as a child have become truths he now knows personally: iGod is real. God is love. God is the only way.”
He sees giving God glory as his lifelong responsibility.
It’s my job to lift God up, to give Him praise,” he explained, emphasizing that God is responsible for who he has become.
Although he described openly discussing faith in Hollywood as neither fashionable nor celebrated, Washington made his position clear: “I’m unafraid. I don’t care what anyone thinks.”