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During the mid-90s I played the character of Jeffrey in an Off-Off-Broadway production of The Curious Savage, directed...

Posted by Rich Swingle on  Saturday, September 26, 2015

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09.26.15 02:39 PM - Comment(s)
We got to see a pre-release screening of  Woodlawn and it's outstanding AND completely uncompromising. John 14:6 is at the top of their posters: "Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'"

It tells the story o...
09.21.15 10:08 AM - Comment(s)
In my opening to this morning's service at Westchester Chapel I shared some spiritual illustrations from Captive and how this may very well be an historical week with three films with a Christian worldview in theaters simultaneously. At the time this service was posted they were all in the top ...
09.20.15 11:21 PM - Comment(s)
Joyce and I recently saw a pre-release screening of Captive at The Sheen Center.

It's a very powerful film about how Ashley Smith, played by Kate Mara ( Fantastic Four), was held captive by Brian Nichols, played by David Oyelowo (Martin Luther King, Jr. in Selma),  in her own home for seven ...
09.18.15 10:00 AM - Comment(s)
Joyce teaches on Exodus 20:17, "Do not covet." As her illustration she looks at Jesus' temptations in the wilderness from Luke 4:1-13. Opening and prayer by Linda Warren. I closed with an offering of Salvation, and also mentioned that War Room was the number one film in America.

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09.14.15 02:45 AM - Comment(s)

I believe one of the reasons my faith has remained strong all my life is that every year on the anniversary of my grandpa's death in 1942, my grandma retold the story of how Grandpa  saw heaven.  He died of spinal meningitis, but Grandma, one of the greatest prayer warriors I've ever know...
09.14.15 02:01 AM - Comment(s)
Joyce and I were hanging out with Nathan when Josh texted to see if we could get together. I asked if Nathan Clarkson could join us. He said, "I just had dinner with someone who said I should connect with Nathan Clarkson!" So I told them both about how a friend gave Patricia Mau...
09.09.15 03:02 AM - Comment(s)
I was interviewed by Miranda A. Uyeh for her online magazine To Be a Person: Interview ~ Chatting with Actor/Filmmaker, Rich Swingle! She focused mostly on my lead role in the upcoming film  Providence.

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09.08.15 09:54 AM - Comment(s)
During the 2015 Christian Worldview Film Festival Guild one of the classes on offer included the filming of a scene in the upcoming feature  Skydog (formerly Lifestone Velocity). I got to play former U.S. Secretary of Defense, Dr. Alistair Walker, and my character was interviewed by t...
09.07.15 06:13 AM - Comment(s)
https://www.youtube.com/embed/pYDZSyv25og?rel=0
I got to reprise my role as the slave trader in Polycarp in a review of the film by Zack Lawrence. We filmed the opening sequence at The Rocky Mountain Christian Filmmakers Camp, where I taught film acting and coached the actors in their student films....
09.04.15 12:36 PM - Comment(s)
This morning during our outdoor worship experience I mentioned War Room, which was the number one film in the nation going into Sunday. I also mentioned my podcast with more stories from the tour, specifically about my work with Joni and Friends. I preceded the sermon with an illustration from...
08.31.15 12:55 AM - Comment(s)

At the Christian Worldview Film Festival and Guild in 2016 Stephen Kendrick mentioned how George Mueller counted 50,000 answered prayers, and that 5,000 of them were answered the day they were prayed. I started my own list in the comments under an article I wrote about War Room t...

08.29.15 02:40 AM - Comment(s)
Performing Big Fish Little Worm
at one of the Joni and Friends
Family Retreats.
Photo courtesy of Kristi Pelfer.
I had the privilege of performing for two  Family Retreats sponsored by  Joni and Friends  at Twin Rocks Friends Camp and Conference Center on August 11 and 18. The ca...
08.28.15 07:58 PM - Comment(s)
I had a blast driving over 2000 miles throughout the Pacific Northwest. You can follow my adventures via #NWTour15 on  Facebook and Instragram.

Here's the itinerary:

Twin Rocks, OR
August 11
part of Big Fish Little Worm
Twin Rocks Friends Camp
Joni and Friends
www.RichDrama.com/BigFishLitt...
08.28.15 07:03 PM - Comment(s)
This is one of five student films we created at The Rocky Mountain Christian Filmmakers Camp this summer: "Oncoming Truck."

The excuses we use in evangelism sure sound silly when used to warn people they’re about to be hit by a truck.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/zTIB3UkdMgQ?rel=0

08.28.15 05:31 PM - Comment(s)
Rich and Joyce Swingle
in Indescribable
I had been praying since the mid-90s that I could sell DVDs of films in which I've performed at performances of my one-man plays. It's so exciting to see that prayer being answered as more and more of the films in which I've performed are becoming available.

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08.27.15 06:46 PM - Comment(s)
Joyce illuminates Exodus 20:16 with Acts 5:1-11.

https://archive.org/embed/SJoyceFalseWitness082315

This service is available for download free on iTunes, where you can also subscribe to our podcast. Search for "Westchester Chapel" on the iTunes Store.

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08.23.15 08:51 PM - Comment(s)
I was interviewed this morning on Focus Today on The Dove. You can see the interview here:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/cgD0_s0PMJI?rel=0

You can see my previous interview on The Dove here.

   
08.21.15 03:16 AM - Comment(s)
Enjoying a Milky Mulkey Mocha
with the Mulkeys who inspired it.

On my tour of the Northwest I got to perform The Revelation with musical interludes by Ron Mulkey, who was my youth pastor a few decades back. It was such a joy to work with him again!

The next evening they hosted some poor from the co...
08.15.15 07:18 PM - Comment(s)

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