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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...

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!

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 ...

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

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

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!!!

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

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

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...

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! ...

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.

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