Blog by Rich

Dr. Kavanaugh brought me up on stage during our final worship service. He stuck the rifle we used in The Crucible up to my chest and told me he'd kill me or shut down a certain fast food chain. I let them and all their fans down. Then he said he'd shoot me if I didn't give him all my possessions. I ...
07.22.07 06:24 PM - Comment(s)

The dancers were amazing! They obviously worked quite hard. Next weekend brings opera, and after that the theatre department will present Arthur Miller's The Crucible: MasterWorksFestival.org.
07.08.07 03:08 PM - Comment(s)

Franz Mohr spoke this morning in our worship service. He was the piano tuner for great pianists like Horowitz, Cliburn and Rubinstein.

He was 16 when his village was completely wiped out by American B-17s. He put his hand over his mother's mouth to keep her from praying. He told her there was no God...

07.08.07 02:38 PM - Comment(s)
All sessions are in free, open to the public, and held in  McLain Auditorium unless otherwise noted.

7/3, 8:30pm-?
Actor Coaching in Hollywood

7/4, 8:30pm-?
Improv performance with students

7/11, 1:45-2:45
testimony
E...
07.03.07 11:49 AM - Comment(s)

Rusty made this round barn out of a cereal canister. He covered it with strips of wood less than 1/4" wide. It reminds me of one my grandparents took my brother Bob (Lightbourne.com) and me to visit when we were kids.
07.01.07 05:32 PM - Comment(s)

...and story after story told in miniature.
07.01.07 04:58 PM - Comment(s)

Our friend John Kasica, percussionist for the St. Louis Symphony, introduced us to Rusty, who's laid out the model train track, which stretches out behind them. At 91 it's keeping him youthful.
07.01.07 04:54 PM - Comment(s)

Patrick Kavanaugh, who founded the MasterWorks Festival with his wife, Barbara, is preaching on 2 Kings 6:8-17. He encouraged those who feel like they're the only Christian in their orchestra, theatre company or school to see that we're not alone even if we are the only Christian, because the host o...
07.01.07 02:55 PM - Comment(s)

We're enjoying the pops concert on the lawn: Always a highlight of MasterWorks as we anticipate the fireworks over Winona Lake.
06.30.07 10:47 PM - Comment(s)

Great things are happening at MasterWorks. I'm very pleased with our actors, and we have high expectations for The Crucible (MasterWorksFestival.org).
06.27.07 11:49 PM - Comment(s)

The theatre program has begun!

Pray for those coming from Texas, London and South Africa.

06.25.07 12:25 AM - Comment(s)

I just finished directing the Salvation Army's Creative Artist Service Team (theTAMjam.com, click on CAST). The play was 30 minutes, so in the 2.5 days I had with them I hoped to finish blocking in time to have our first run-through last night for invited guests. With God's help we actually finished...
06.20.07 01:12 PM - Comment(s)

I was in the control booth at Moody Bible Institute, getting ready for my performance for the national Christians in Theatre Arts (CITA.org) conference. In the auditorium below a college drama showcase was starting up. The piece that started it off was a play by Jeff Barker called Sioux Center Sudan...
06.18.07 10:26 AM - Comment(s)

I'm in the Moody Bible Institute Museum, which contains 2,500 signatures requesting that Dwight L. Moody and Ira B. Sankey come to Scotland. I hope there are many in Scotland today that want to hear more about Eric Liddell, one of their national heroes, through Beyond the Chariots.
06.16.07 05:56 PM - Comment(s)
I've never enjoyed anything so much in my life!
-- Maryann Andonian, Vancouver, WA
06.12.07 11:39 PM - Comment(s)
Cindy Sebring has been bringing me down to the DC area to perform and teach at her public school since the mid-90s.  She was just awarded a very significant prize...

News Release
For Immediate Release


Cynthia J. Sebring Named Cambridge Who's Who
Professional of the Year in Secondary School E...
06.11.07 04:09 PM - Comment(s)
Amazing Grace opens in Australia today.

Ken Wales is the producer who started the ball rolling on Amazing Grace. He wants to make a film on the rest of the Chariots Of Fire story. He mentions the upcoming film, With Wings as Eagles in an interview with Christianity Today: Save the Wales.

If yo...
06.08.07 07:42 PM - Comment(s)

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