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Bellat Jamille

That means beautiful country, and I mean more than the landscape! Everyone we've met has been lovely! One of our first points of contact was named Isa (Arabic for Jesus), and he was wearing a crucifix on his necklace.

One of our drivers told us how glad he was that Americans assassinated Osama bin ...

05.16.11 02:29 PM - Comment(s)

One old cup

I had dinner with some dear friends the other night. They have a collection of artifacts, including this cup, which was worn on the belt of a Roman centurion 2,000 years ago. Our pastors have a replica of a suit of Roman armor. Next time we use it we'll know of a little detail we can add...a repli...

05.12.11 08:09 PM - Comment(s)

Now in Atlanta

I'm a Freedom Finder for Graceworks. We do public presentation, communication, and leadership training. We're expanding! We just opened an office in Atlanta: Big Bold News.

05.11.11 10:30 AM - Comment(s)

Pawn's Move Won...Twice!

The film is done and just won Best Family Film, and Feature Film Audience Choice at the Bare Bones International Film Festival! The director, Caleb Vetter, said, "The screening went very well and I got great positive feedback from several people after the film!"

05.09.11 02:50 PM - Comment(s)

Farewell Orlando

A girl at the pool last night was missing a good portion of her arm. I asked the group if any of them had seen Soul Surfer (blog.richdrama.com/2011/04/soul-surfer.html). It's the true story of Bethany Hamilton, a competitive surfer, who lost most of her arm in a shark attack. The girl said, "Ye...

05.07.11 12:30 PM - Comment(s)

Flying to Orlando

I'm flying down to Orlando to coach construction managers on their interpersonal relationship skills: http://GraceworksInc.com.

When we were on the runway this sunset silhouetted the Manhattan skyline. Sorry you'll have to imagine it, but it was SPECTACULAR!

05.06.11 03:10 AM - Comment(s)

David Wilkerson's final devotion

When my mother read Rev. David Wilkerson's book, The Cross and the Switchblade to my brother and I when we were kids it was a huge inspiration to this farm boy to hear about another who left his farming community to minister to gang members in New York City, where I've lived since 1993. So I ...

04.30.11 12:37 AM - Comment(s)

The Easter Airport

If you haven't read my report from Good Friday yet, read that first and then come back.

Wasn't that AMAZING!?!

Well that prayer for getting home (in time to catch the train I'm on right now to DC to lead a week of workshops) was answered, and the airport, in a beautiful metaphor, came back to li...

04.25.11 01:00 PM - Comment(s)

Free Compassion Album

Like Compassion on Facebook and download a free album created by Compassion artists like me... except that my art is acting.

This is Wendy, who we sponsor, on our visit to Honduras.

04.23.11 09:27 PM - Comment(s)

Powerful!

My performance of Journey to the Garden was outdoors tonight. There was a light rain, but I said I'd keep performing until they decided they wanted to move it indoors. About the time Jesus was being flogged lightning began to flash over our heads. When the crowd yelled, "Crucify him!"...

04.23.11 04:27 AM - Comment(s)

Holy Week Services

Our church, ( http://WestchesterChapel.org) be celebrating Holy Week at The Crowne Plaza in White Plains, NY:

Maundy Thursday, April 21, 7pm

Good Friday, April 22, 7pm

Easter, April 24, 11am

Live in the full memorial and celebration of what Christ did for us this Holy Season.

The Good Friday...

04.20.11 01:16 AM - Comment(s)

Not alone

I never felt like you were up there alone. You had a whole cast up there with you.
--Eileen Heinack (two time cancer survivor)
Greensburg, PA

And God was with him helping him do it!
--Betty Catalina
Greensburg, PA

04.16.11 04:53 PM - Comment(s)

For the Glory is completed!

It was just announced that the post-production phase of For the Glory, the upcoming film in which I play soccer coach Sean Ryan, is now finished. They're moving on to marketing and distribution. Hurrah!!!

04.16.11 10:23 AM - Comment(s)

Clem's Café

This place in Blairsville, PA, has some of the best barbecue I've ever tasted! They roast right there in they're smoke house.

04.15.11 05:08 PM - Comment(s)

Crossing the Hudson at Dawn

I'm driving (not at the moment) out to Pittsburgh for performances this weekend: http://itinerary.richdrama.com.

04.15.11 09:10 AM - Comment(s)

The 4/14 Window

I just got the following message from Wess Stafford, president of Compassion International:

Children are the most open to Christ's gift of salvation and moldable in their spiritual beliefs and values between the ages of 4 and 14. This is the time of life when they're also most vulnerable to the d...

04.14.11 11:07 AM - Comment(s)

Soul Surfer

I finally had two free hours to see Soul Surfer. What a phenomenal show! I was moved from first to last. It was so clear that it was faith that made life work for Bethany after the shark attack. Her courage is tremendous! And The New York Times rave was right about the breathtaking cinematography! ...

04.13.11 04:21 PM - Comment(s)

Old articles revisited

I was updating my Publicity page, and I realized I'd never posted a couple of articles that ran when we were in Australia in 2009.

The Salvation Army of Australia ran an article on my performance of The Revelation in Sydney. It's on page 9 of Creative Ministry, October 2009.

T...

04.13.11 10:11 AM - Comment(s)

Clarion Ledger covered the Belhaven Theatre Festival

Pros bring prose to stage during festival

04.13.11 02:00 AM - Comment(s)

Princeton University

Every spring I get to teach a presentation skills workshop for the grad students of Princeton's School for Architecture through Graceworks ( http://GraceworksInc.com). This year we had students from Greece, Lithuania, Korea and Japan. It was a thrill in any language.

04.12.11 05:24 PM - Comment(s)

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