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Swingles on Resurrection Day

A blessed Resurrection Day to all!


Here's my report after my Broadway debut...

And here's one of the complete services:

Also, today, Joyce brought the Resurrection Day message at Westchester Chapel, from from Isaiah 52:13-53

04.20.25 05:12 PM - Comment(s)
Christ Shines Through You

I was so blessed to receive this note, encouraging me for my Broadway debut...


You will be dynamic! Christ shines through you when you perform! Your gift to perform draws people in and makes them wonder, what is the light this man has…Jesus!

-- Barbara McCoskey
Producer and Actress

04.14.25 04:14 PM - Comment(s)
My Broadway Debut…

On Good Friday and Resurrection Day, at Times Square Church, I’ll be playing Cleopas, telling about  the walk back to Emmaus the third day after the crucifixion of Jesus. It will be on TSC's Broadway stage and live streamed.               

This is a...
04.12.25 03:57 PM - Comment(s)
We'll Go Anywhere!

I was so very blessed to serve as a guest director for Snow White, a production for fifth graders at Knox Academy in Central Point, Oregon. 


That was Monday morning, and in the afternoon I shared my one-man play Beyond the Chariots and then shared stories from our performances in Paris...

04.02.25 07:32 PM - Comment(s)
Successful Governance

I performed in the re-creation of a scene described in today’s devotion at www.PresidentialPrayerTeam.org.


The writer described the Constitutional Convention of 1787, when our founders were trying to find a way to balance power betwe...

03.27.25 05:49 PM - Comment(s)
Renounce Evil at Universities
Joyce had a prolific week with Intercessors for America. Here's today's article:


“Renounce Evil at Universities.” 
Lord, forgive those who tolerated and incubated the anti-Christ, atheistic, violent spirit at Barnard, Columbia, and other elite universities. Boot this spirit out completely.

03.15.25 10:29 PM - Comment(s)
Jordan

I recently met a gentleman from Jordan, so I pulled together photos from our trip to his nation in 2014. Click the photo below to see the album...


I was blessed to perform with a man who was in a film that was translated to Arabic. Click here to watch for free.

03.10.25 01:29 AM - Comment(s)
Join Us for the Collegiate Day of Prayer!

Today is the Collegiate Day of Prayer, and they're national celebration is being webcast from the campus of Texas A&M on February 27 at 7 p.m. Central, so if you can catch still catch it live, go to www.CollegiateDayOfPrayer.org.


Here's my article and two videos dedicated to the day:


Lord, as we c...

02.27.25 07:16 PM - Comment(s)
As the Battle Intensifies

Here's Joyce's latest article on www.HeadlinePrayer.org:


Lord, teach us more about how the armor of God works in our intercession. In Jesus’ Name.


The events of the past month have been dizzying.

As expected, President Trump is driving furiously into battle like Jehu to whom many have likened him (...
02.18.25 07:32 PM - Comment(s)
Filled with Blessing
Joyce continues the Westchester Chapel series A Prophet's Life: Lessons Learned From Those Called to Communicate God's Truth with a message from Daniel 1:17-21.
02.04.25 07:49 PM - Comment(s)
Misinformation Abounds!

Here's my latest article on www.HeadlinePrayer.org


Lord, help us discern truth from lies and half-truths as the legacy media attacks the choice of We the People. May President Trump and his team make wise choices in his first 100 days in office and throughout his term as leader of the free wor...

01.31.25 01:43 PM - Comment(s)
Justice... and the Biden Pardons?

Intercessors for America posted Joyce's latest article on www.HeadlinePrayer.org. It dropped on Thursday, which happened to be during our 33rd honeymoon. We’re a bit ahead of schedule as we’ll celebrate our 27th anniversary in March, but we put everything else ...

01.26.25 04:28 PM - Comment(s)
President Trump's Inaugural Address

I was blessed to get the assignment to write about President Trump's inaugural address for Intercessors for America


"President Trump's Inaugural Address"

Lord, we have hope that so many of our years of prayers are bein...

01.21.25 12:59 PM - Comment(s)
Famous Last Words

It's online! 


My first project of the year is already available! I was blessed to perform the roles of Leo Tolstoy and John Milton for Ethan Hill's podcast Famous Last Words


One of my former students, Colin Peter, plays Civil War General John Sedgwick and Gaius Caesar August...

01.18.25 07:21 PM - Comment(s)
14,000 Hours

If you haven't been following my series #ScriptureInTheNight (on Facebook and Instagram), I've woken to a passage of Scripture every night since Easter of 2023. You can read more about how this is an answer to prayer by clicking here, but in a nutshell, I'll wake, look at the clock, hear a...

01.02.25 04:24 AM - Comment(s)
Recalling God's Goodness in 2024

In 2024 Intercessors for America had 1.6 billion engagements! Joyce and I are so very blessed to be contributing writers and regular guests on Headline Prayer Live! 


We both had articles posted on their news feed (www.HeadlinePrayer.org) today, and we led Intercessors for America in praying over...

12.31.24 04:11 PM - Comment(s)
The Christmas Episode
Janet Porter released our Christmas episode of What's a Girl to Do? I play Wesley, and this is my favorite of all our episodes so far...
12.25.24 04:07 PM - Comment(s)
Jesus Is the Name that Saves

I was so blessed to open tonight's Christmas Eve service for Westchester Chapel by inviting people to call out what they think of when they hear the name Jesus. Our congregation was so creative and deep. It was a beautiful, holy moment. Then I did a dramatic...

12.24.24 11:46 PM - Comment(s)
Merry Christmas!

We hope you're enjoying this Holy Season! We both had opportunities to dramatize the Christmas story this year, and we hope they both bless you...


Joyce appears as the Shepherd's Daughter, who remembers the night the angels appear to the shepherds as found in Luke 2:8-20.

12.17.24 10:17 PM - Comment(s)

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