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This morning, on the National Day of Prayer, several of us gathered to pray over 11 Broadway theatres either on foot or over video conference. Join us in praying to our God who stands outside of time:

05.06.22 12:35 AM - Comment(s)
I was looking for a National Day of Prayer event in Manhattan, and after being shocked that there wasn't one, it dawned on me that I'd already scheduled our weekly prayer over Broadway theatres on the National Day of Prayer, so I registered it as one of their official events! 

Here are the d...
05.04.22 05:29 AM - Comment(s)
Here's the interview I did with Allen Wolf, writer and director of The Sound of Violet:

https://archive.org/embed/rich-swingle-interview-with-allen-wolf

It's for my article about the film: " Powerful Film Tackles Human Trafficking."

Here are my initial thoughts the night I saw it...

05.02.22 01:37 AM - Comment(s)
One of my profs in grad school, Eric Bentley, was a student of C.S. Lewis at Oxford. Lewis met with him an hour every week, which was the system at the time. Bentley would write a paper and Lewis would go over it with him. One day the paper was particularly red, and between Lewis' criticisms my fut...
04.28.22 09:27 PM - Comment(s)
A blessed Good Friday to you and yours. 

At Westchester Chapel, Eva P.  leads the congregation into contemplation of the horror of sin and the Love of the Cross.  I do a dramatic reading from Mark 15: 1-39 and Rev. 22:12-19.  Eva refers to this artwork by her sister Noemi Co...
04.15.22 04:39 PM - Comment(s)
Joyce and I led in prayer on six articles on today's program, including the article I wrote, " NPR’s Unintentional Puff Piece on Architect of the Heartbeat Bill." 

Here's my interview with Janet Folger Porter, which includes a fun story of how she got the idea for the Heartbeat Bil...
04.12.22 11:28 PM - Comment(s)
It was a busy Holy Week for us, so I'm a bit late on this but wanted to post it as a way of keeping our minds on Who the Lord is.
     
Joyce encourages all to welcome the King of Glory in this Palm Sunday message from Psalm 24 at Westchester Chapel. Elizabeth S., Eva P. and ...
04.10.22 04:07 PM - Comment(s)

I gave this report from the Seattle-Tacoma Airport flying back to Southern Oregon where we're staying through the end of April: www.RichDrama.com/Schedule. If you've already seen the play elsewhere, I encourage you to watch the introduction by my friend, Pa...
04.07.22 05:28 PM - Comment(s)
I'm looking forward to sharing my one-man play Journey to the Garden at Talent Friends Church on Resurrection Day, April 17, at 11:00 a.m. If you're in the area, I hope you can join us:

Talent Friends Church
50 Talent Avenue
Talent, Oregon

Here's a video I put together about it:

04.07.22 01:19 AM - Comment(s)
Joyce and I are at the half-way point of our two months in the Pacific Northwest, and we recently took a day-trip to Crater Lake, the deepest lake in America. Here are some of our adventures:


And here's an album from the trip: Crater Lake '22.

Join us f...
03.31.22 01:00 PM - Comment(s)
Today Joyce and I were on Intercessors for America's program Pray with Others Live, and I got to share about an article and video I've literally been working on for months: Targeted Afghanis Tell American Intercessors: “You Are Our Hope” tracking what friends and colleagues of mine on Janet Po...
03.29.22 04:59 PM - Comment(s)
For our Bible study this morning Joyce teaches on the story of Abraham, Sarah, Tamar, Ishmael, Isaac and their descendants from these passages, which she and I read: 

03.28.22 01:39 AM - Comment(s)
Today marks one year that we’ve been praying over Broadway theatres. This one is not live, since I’m in Southern Oregon (www.RichDrama.com/Schedule).


I Dreamed I Was Free tells the story of Quaker abolitionist John Woolman, who spo...
03.11.22 01:22 AM - Comment(s)
Joyce and  led Intercessors for America in praying over six articles from www.HeadlinePrayer.org yesterday, one of which I wrote: " While Mandates Fall, Don't Drop Your Guard," which is a follow-up to my previous article, “ Oregon’s Radical Approach to Covid-19.”

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03.09.22 11:06 PM - Comment(s)
I worked on this three years ago, in Alberta, Canada, as a performer and as acting coach. It was released today on International Women's Day.
I'm so pleased with how it turned out, and not only was it worth the wait, but it's coming out when more people are talking about the sanctity of life in the...
03.08.22 11:44 PM - Comment(s)
I prayed over the Booth Theatre at 222 W. 45th Street at 2:22 on 2/22/22 quoting Isaiah 22:22. Click here or on the image to join the prayer.


For more in this series visit www.RichDrama.com/PrayOverBroadwayLive.


See the rest o...
02.22.22 05:22 PM - Comment(s)
Joyce illuminates 1 Peter 3:7

Click the arrows below, or if you're  reading this in an email you can  click this link, to play the service:

Here's Joyce's introduction to the video:



And...
02.20.22 10:40 PM - Comment(s)
Princess Cut 3 will debut on Valentine's Day, and I thought I'd encourage you to watch the first two if you haven't already seen them. 

I got to play Nigel Livengood in the first one, and we've been waiting for the right moment to share this video I put together while preparing for the role, ...
02.11.22 06:39 PM - Comment(s)
Here's the latest  Treasure Seekers episode, "Ruth: a Picture of Loyalty":


Here's a longer version for older youth, told as Rich: " Rich Swingle Tells the Story of Ruth."
 
See the rest of Oly...
02.06.22 10:28 PM - Comment(s)

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