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Former SuperTones lead

Matt Morginsky, former lead singer for the SuperTones, just introduced himself as being no longer a Christian. He had a couple of students come forward to defend their faith before revealing that he really is an orthodox believer in the Lord Jesus Christ. He went on to speak powerfully on defending ...

12.29.06 03:34 PM - Comment(s)

A Barbaric Faith

Joyce and I are at the base of Pike's Peak to share two plays with 300 Quaker youth from CO, OK, KS and TX. The theme, "A Barbaric Faith," is based on a book by Irwin McManus. In the book he says, "Barbaric Faith is too give your heart to the One who can make you fully alive...to go...

12.29.06 03:03 AM - Comment(s)

We made it

The snow is coming down, but we're safely settled. Thanks for your prayers.

We stopped en route at Compassion's headquarters (RichDrama.com/Compassion). The more I get to know the people that run Compassion, the more impressed I am with the whole organization.

The statues in the picture were donated ...

12.28.06 08:56 PM - Comment(s)

Here comes another one

There's still a bit of snow, and another blizzard is about to hit. We're driving from Denver to Colorado Springs, hoping to settle in before it hits. The last time, airports here were shut down for days. Pray with us that we'll make our flight on New Year's Day to Asia (RichDrama.com/Itinerary).

12.28.06 02:20 PM - Comment(s)

Yes, a very white Christmas!

The snow was a foot deeper right after the blizzard.

12.25.06 12:11 AM - Comment(s)

Merry Christmas!

After a delay in Dallas that made our total delay 88 hours, but we're now in Denver for a very white Christmas.

12.24.06 09:39 PM - Comment(s)

Liddell & suffering

I came across a great article (1 page) comparing Eric Liddell and Charles Templeton: Eric Liddell: Charles Templeton. They both faced great trials but Templeton turned away from the Lord. Liddell, as Beyond the Chariots shows, welcomed the Salvation Army band playing "Be Still My Soul" r...

12.21.06 06:38 PM - Comment(s)

Grounded again

We'll be in NYC a few more days: Not a bad place to be this time of year.

We got in a car to the airport, hoping to beat the snow storm into Denver.

We're on our way back to the city in a cab, with tickets for Christmas Eve, the earliest we could score confirmed seats. That will make us 86 hour and ...

12.20.06 04:52 PM - Comment(s)

The Wonder of It All

I'm visiting a church in Winona Lake (RichDrama.com/Itinerary).

I was surprised that the scripture reading this morning was from the Lord's adult life. Then it dawned on me that his adult life only makes sense in light of his birth. The very Foundation of Christianity is so far beyond the natural t...

12.10.06 02:46 PM - Comment(s)

The Family Farm

I exchanged this view for a brick wall.

Some day when I have time I'll post the journal I kept when I moved to New York: "Farm Boy on Times Square."

12.10.06 04:31 AM - Comment(s)

Creator of enacted prayer honored

Jeff Barker, who created enacted prayer, was named Iowa Professor of the Year for 2006 by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching: Iowa Professor of the Year.

12.06.06 03:46 AM - Comment(s)

Happy 90th!

Well, all the extra travel time was worth it to make it for Grandpa's 90th birthday.

He's been a great source of inspiration to me. He was a history prof, and all of my plays but one are historical fictions. He's still an athlete. He jogged until he was 71 and continues to walk an hour or more every...

12.04.06 02:54 PM - Comment(s)

Swingles relax after The Nativity Story

I went straight from the airport to the theatre.

I recommend The Nativity Story without reservation.

There isn't a weak link. The writing, direction, acting, cinemetography, historical accuracy are all lovingly executed with superlative skill.

It's beautifully shot. Every scene has a painting: a momen...

12.03.06 01:47 PM - Comment(s)

Let's try that again

Up at 5 to try once more to make it to Medford, OR, to celebrate my grandfather's 90th birthday and perform Views of the Manger for the church in which I grew up.

The lock's frozen, and no one mistook my car for their's the way that kind woman defrosted my lock in Tulsa.

Joyce's dad brought out an ex...

12.02.06 10:22 PM - Comment(s)

The first leg

It's time to board, but there's no sign of our plane.

The same gal that announced that both of my last flights were cancelled, Kathy, took the microphone, and we all held our breath. The plane is on the ground, but there's a plane that's de-icing, and our plane can't get around it because of a snow b...

12.02.06 03:41 AM - Comment(s)

One more night in Tulsa

I got to see myself on the evening news as I was changing my ticket after the first cancelled flight. They had called us off of that plane after we sat on the tarmac for three hours! Thankfully, when they cancelled the second flight we hadn't boarded yet.

I awoke to a bit more snow, but no clouds to...

12.01.06 01:23 PM - Comment(s)

Camping in Tulsa

11.30.06 08:17 PM - Comment(s)

Nativity at the Vatican

Inter-Mission, a networking group for theatre and film artists in Hollywood just reported the following:

"THE NATIVITY STORY became the first feature film ever to premiere at the Vatican. Held at the Vatican's Aulo Paolo VI, the premiere was attended by 7000 invited guests of the Vatican."

S...

11.30.06 03:50 PM - Comment(s)

Where's that scraper?

This was our first de-icing. We're waiting for our second...and waiting...

Glad I don't have a performance tonight!

11.30.06 03:34 PM - Comment(s)

My first blizzard of the season in...

...Tulsa, OK! It snowed over frozen ice, so I went to bed praying for a way to get it off. I awoke to find that a woman had defrosted my lock thinking it was her car. She was thinking that lock was REALLY frozen! In further answer to my prayer she had a really cool ice scraper I used on both our rig...

11.30.06 02:48 PM - Comment(s)

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