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It won Best Christian Message at the Content2020 Film Festival and Media Summit. 

I hope you're able to attend an online Resurrection Day service, if not, send me a message in the form below and I'll send you an invite to our virtual service. In the meantime I invite you to supplement it with this service at Bethany Baptist Church, where I performed for their Resurrection Day se...

We put together a dramatic reading of the story of Christ's Passion taken from all four Gospels. It is illustrated with works of classic artists over a music bed by John Fornof. This was conceived and performed live for the Good Friday service at Westchester Chapel Church of the Nazarene, April 10,...

While Joyce and I were teaching and performing in Africa last fall, we had a roommate we named Larry the Lizard. One night we noticed he'd moved out, and then we found out why...

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Find more about our adventures in Africa at www.RichDrama.com/Africa.

Joyce and I have occasionally had restless nights during this pandemic, and we know others are having the same issue. A former student of mine sent me a link to some recorded prayers over music, and I was moved... and inspired! We have friends who are musicians!

So we recorded these prayers and pu...

Praying this scene from The Chosen over those infected with the coronavirus!

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We studied this passage in our men’s group last night by conference call. In this scene we see the first century protective face mask, and Pastor Randy pointed out that people prob...

My friend and mentor Roger Nelson went home to the Lord last year, but his ministry continues. Here's a performance of his one-man play, The Confession of St. Patrick. Click the arrow below, or if you're receiving this in an email you can view it at www.RichDrama.com/SaintPatrick.

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I’m thrilled to be cast as Mordecai in a production of Jean Racine’s Esther!

I felt like the Lord was calling me to produce and direct this play years ago, but it didn’t work out. To be performing in a production of this play in the very theatre where I was going to produce it is very special indeed...

Joyce explains the origins of Valentine's Day and teaches on the intriguing incident that resulted in the Hill of Foreskins mentioned in Joshua 5:1-9. If you've ever wondered what that was all about, check out her discoveries. She also shares her testimony of how the Lord helped her grow after she...

We love The Chosen, a series about the life of Jesus and his disciples! Here’s a behind-the-scenes video that really blessed us...

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In this episode of  Treasure Seekers, Trevor the Trevor Seeker continues to explore fruit in Africa, and interviews the granddaughter of the woman who helped raise Rich Swingle's mom.

If you haven't seen Part 1, you can click here to see it first.

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Joyce and I used readers theatre to bring the story of Rahab and the Israelite spies from Joshua 2 to life in the continuation of Westchester Chapel's "Taking the Land" series.  In an adapted readers' theatre form, the Swingles share how Salvation for all who desire it is at th...

In this episode of Treasure Seekers, Trevor explores the fruit of Africa. We introduce Pethahiah the Shepherdess (played by Joyce), who warns about jackals in wolves' clothing.

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