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True Sportsmanship

Eric Liddell's youngest daughter, Maureen, sent me the following:

Here is a story my Father would have loved and I thought you might too: True Sportsmanship.

In the research and interviews I've done with people that knew Eric Liddell, I've found that he was the kind of man this story is ab...

03.13.06 11:25 PM - Comment(s)

Back to our roots

"Thus far all feedback has been very praising and grateful for A Clear Leading (I Dreamed I Was Free). The general consensus is that you brought us back to our roots."

Tom Wolfe

Clerk, Religious Education

Adelphi Friends Meeting

03.13.06 06:27 PM - Comment(s)

Five years of attendance

While getting ready to perform Beyond the Chariots a while back Kathy (pictured in the white hat) gave a big wave. After the performance she told me that she and several friends (some of whom are pictured here) had come to Rock Hill Church of the Nazarene just to see my last performance there ( The ...

03.11.06 06:24 PM - Comment(s)

A note from Hong Kong

"We so appreciated the work you did with our students and the opportunity to see your show ( Beyond the Chariots). As I've read through my students' journal reflections on the workshops I'm blessed again at seeing how much, and how many different things, they learned from you.

"Thank y...

03.09.06 04:33 PM - Comment(s)

A century ahead of Lincoln

I just performed A Clear Leading here in Washington, DC. The play is about John Woolman, a Quaker, who spoke against slavery 100 years before Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

There was an African-American gentleman in the audience, and after the play I told him how uncomfortable I always...

03.06.06 08:11 PM - Comment(s)

John Kirby offered to stay a second day

I just got off the phone with John Kirby, acting coach for Jim Caviezel and Narnia. He offered to stay a second day, practically doubling the benefit to MasterWorks students this summer.

Sign up while there's still room: MasterWorksFestival.org.

Please forward this to friends.

03.04.06 07:53 PM - Comment(s)

Some snow

I missed New York City's deepest snow storm on record as I was performing and teaching in TN, OR & HK. So it's actually nice to have a bit of the white stuff here in Rochester.

03.02.06 12:07 AM - Comment(s)

Hong Kong's show

Most Broadway shows start at 8pm. Every night at curtains up Hong Kong puts on a show, but it's for everyone with a view of the city. Many of the buildings are linked into a coordinated light show. It's quite an elaborate spectacle.

02.27.06 08:50 AM - Comment(s)

Honor

Yesterday we had a memorial service for a dear friend, Jim Warren, Sr. This morning in church our friend, Kenny, told us that he wanted to cut his hair to commemorate Jim's 20 year military career in which he served in three wars. Kenny couldn't decide which military cut was right, so he went with N...

02.26.06 07:07 PM - Comment(s)

Beyond the Chariots: Authentic

"Great performance--authentic, moving, thought provoking!"
--Dr. James Hudson Taylor III
Great-grandson of Hudson Taylor, who founded the China Inland Mission, now Overseas Mission Fellowship International
When he was a boy, Dr. Taylor was in the concentration camp with Eric Liddell.

02.23.06 02:37 PM - Comment(s)

Great Grandson of Hudson Taylor

Dr. Jim Hudson Taylor, III, a great-grandson of the "Father of Modern Missions," was able to see Beyond the Chariots here in Hong Kong. He was a boy in the Japanese concentration camp, where Eric spent his last years. Dr. Taylor gave me some details that helped finesse the script, and he s...

02.21.06 07:09 AM - Comment(s)

A student of "Uncle" Eric

Joyce and I had the honor of meeting HK Cheng. He was a student of Eric Liddell's at the Tientsin Anglo-Chinese College, featured in my play Beyond the Chariots.

Mr. Cheng runs his own engineering firm in Hong Kong, so I asked him to reflect on the gold medalist/science teacher's greatest contributi...

02.21.06 06:57 AM - Comment(s)

Laughter from the 27th Floor

I was about to perform Beyond the Chariots for the Mandarin Bible Church, which meets on the 27th floor of a building on Hong Kong Island.

As I was admiring the view I discovered that the great-grandson of Hudson Taylor attends the church. Hudson Taylor is considered the Father of Modern Missions, ...

02.21.06 12:35 AM - Comment(s)

Free Screener to I Dreamed I Was Free

Whether you're here to review the play or you're a friend, family member, or a stranger who blessed us, I'm happy to share this free screener to my one-man play I Dreamed I Was Free.

Please don't share the link with others unless I told you to share it with someone specifically. Please send others to...

02.20.06 06:02 AM - Comment(s)

Walking on floodlight

We're looking through the floor of the Macau Tower.

Pray for Macau. That was the hardest day of the trip though it was our only full day of leisure. On Monday we found out that it's dubbed the Missionary Graveyard. There are more prostitutes than Christians and 40% of all workers are employed by...

02.19.06 09:13 AM - Comment(s)

Flying across the water

We're speeding by jetfoil (the commuter ferry) to Macau.

Beyond the Chariots was received well in Hong Kong, praise the Lord! The students of the International Christian School helped correct some minor inaccuracies. I was pleased to be their student after teaching three of their drama classes.

02.18.06 09:53 PM - Comment(s)

More interesting than Chariots of Fire

"This is going to blow you away! I've seen Chariots of Fire about 20 times, but I think this is more interesting."
--Chris White
Associate Pastor
Trail Christian Fellowship
Shady Cove, OR

02.18.06 02:28 AM - Comment(s)

It's almost noon...

We were supposed to fly direct from LA to Hong Kong, but winds over the Polar Ice Cap this time of year often prohibit flights that long.

I had stops here each way when I ran a cross-country race in Canton, China, as a high schooler.

On that trip we got a tour of the Olympic pavilion, just as the...

02.16.06 10:04 PM - Comment(s)

The Compassion Quadruple Sponsorship

That's the moon setting over my family's farm in Phoenix, Oregon. I left early for my double performances at Trail Christian Fellowship.

Back in Chattanooga the sun rose on an exciting new program. Compassion (RichDrama.com/Compassion) has agreed to cover tickets to our Off-Broadway run (Fi...

02.15.06 03:54 AM - Comment(s)

A most fortuitous step

I just got to perform The Acts for the Salvation Army's Candidates Seminar. What a priviledge to bring the story of God's power to these future officers (pastors).

I performed Big Fish Little Worm at this gathering three years ago, shortly after attending a Compassion artists' retreat at Michael W. S...

02.08.06 11:02 AM - Comment(s)

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