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At this Cinco de Mayo celebration at Jackson House, a retirement community where my grandma (pictured here) lives in Talent, Oregon, the staff asked if I'd perform a sketch. Instead I came back the next day and gave them a whole play! I was already planning on performing Beyond the Chariots on Mothe...
05.12.10 10:08 PM - Comment(s)


In my performance on Mother's Day I added a couple of scenes that had a Mother's Day theme to them. It was great to have my own mom there.
05.12.10 10:05 PM - Comment(s)


I'm performing Beyond the Chariots this Sunday in my home town of Phoenix, OR, and I've added a couple of scenes that have a Mother's Day theme in them.

The pastor of the host church just happened to be lunching with the lead elder of the Beijing International Christian Fellowship in Angelo's Pizz...
05.07.10 05:34 AM - Comment(s)
Many of you prayed for my cousin's daughter, Aviana, last year when she ran into traffic as a two-year old. I'm in Sacramento, CA, where I finally got to meet her. Pray for increased functionality, for speech and motor control.
04.30.10 01:33 PM - Comment(s)
I just discovered that Danny Cahill, who was the biggest loser on The Biggest Loser, and played the food critic in A Christmas Snow, is a Christian musician and motivational speaker: TheDannyCahill.com
04.29.10 04:42 PM - Comment(s)
At the Lausanne Conversation I just happened to sit next to a pastor from England who's prepping to teach a session in Edinburgh on Eric Liddell, who I portray in my play Beyond the Chariots: Eric Liddell: Muscular Christianity and Missionary Service.

I had noticed him and his wife on the str...
04.24.10 05:18 AM - Comment(s)
I ran into some Chinese who have only been in the US for 3 months. I promised to upload the Mandarin narration of the documentary I helped create on Eric Liddell, Olympic Hero in China.

Friends, it's uploading right now. Once it's ready the URL I gave you will be redirected to the documentary, ...
04.20.10 01:25 AM - Comment(s)

Larry Poland, who founded MasterMedia in Hollywood 25 years ago, visited MasterMedia NYC recently, and he said he's looking forward to being a master class instructor this year at MasterWorks.

He founded the organization when he was working on his doctoral dissertation. He would walk into the offic...
04.17.10 05:19 PM - Comment(s)
David Epstein, who pastors our host for tonight's Lausanne Conversation, Calvary Baptist Church.

Tim Keller led a conversation on the importance of reaching the cities. He said we should be resident aliens. We should inspire and condemned by most of a secular society, and if we're only condemned or ...
04.16.10 01:07 AM - Comment(s)

The Lausanne Congress will be bringing 4,000 delegates from 200 nations to Cape Town, South Africa, this October to explore strategies for sharing the love and justice of Christ with the world: www.12cities12conversations.com.

On the road to Cape Town, there are 12 gatherings in 12 cities, where ke...
04.15.10 11:03 PM - Comment(s)
A spot ran on tonight's evening news, and the CBS affiliate ran this article on their site: Queens Man Rescues 3 From Fast-Moving Blaze - wcbstv.com: "When asked if he felt like a hero doing what he did, Clas said, 'No, I'm a Christian. That's what Christians do.'"
04.15.10 10:41 AM - Comment(s)
Pawn's Move, the film in which I portray Sheriff Hansen, is now available in Christian bookstores, Netflix, and at www.ChristianBook.com.

The film won "Best Family Film," and "Feature Film Audience Choice" at the Bare Bones International Film Festival, after which the director, ...
04.15.10 02:23 AM - Comment(s)
We've been teaching presentation skills every spring at Princeton's School of Architecture, and the secretary said they look forward to us coming every year!
04.13.10 02:04 AM - Comment(s)
I'm opening worship this morning at our church (www.WeschesterChapel.org) and sharing this quote from Richard Foster's classic Celebration of Discipline:

"Worship is our response to the overtures of love from the heart of the Father. Its central reality is found 'in Spirit and in Truth'. It is ...
04.11.10 01:58 PM - Comment(s)

Just as I snapped this shot of the Bay Bridge I heard a trolley car ring its bell.
04.09.10 10:37 PM - Comment(s)
Rev. John Calhoun was my pastor in New York City at The Lamb's Church of the Nazarene, and I continue to attend a Nazarene church north of the city, where my wife and I serve on the pastoral team, thanks to her ordination (though I do have 1/3 of an MDiv; I switched from pulpit to stage and got my M...
04.08.10 04:04 PM - Comment(s)
Rev. John Calhoun was my pastor in New York City at The Lamb's Church of the Nazarene, and I continue to attend a Nazarene church north of the city, where my wife and I serve on the pastoral team, thanks to her ordination (though I do have 1/3 of an MDiv; I switched from pulpit to stage and got my M...
04.08.10 03:48 PM - Comment(s)

During tonight's performance of Journey to the Garden, after I cried out, "Abba, Daddy, take this cup from me!" a man sang the words of Jesus as he struggled in the Garden of Gethsemane.  Throughout the song I was able to silently connect with what Jesus was taking on as He anticipa...
04.03.10 05:23 AM - Comment(s)
It's a good thing I can't post to my blog with paper or this would be soaked in tears. I was sobbing after Abigail Breslin's amazing performance as Helen Keller. The whole play was just phenomenal, but Abigail blew me away.

Looking forward to producing the play this summer at MasterWorks: www.RichD...
03.31.10 05:25 PM - Comment(s)
I'm at Circle in the Square Theatre to see the Broadway production of The Miracle Worker with Abigail Breslin and Matthew Modin. I'm thrilled to see a high percentage of kids. I'm sure they're here to see Abigail, but it's encouraging to know families aren't afraid of bringing kids to experience thi...
03.31.10 05:24 PM - Comment(s)

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