Blog by Rich

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.

...and story after story told in miniature.

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.

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...

We're enjoying the pops concert on the lawn: Always a highlight of MasterWorks as we anticipate the fireworks over Winona Lake.

Great things are happening at MasterWorks. I'm very pleased with our actors, and we have high expectations for The Crucible (MasterWorksFestival.org).

The theatre program has begun!

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

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...

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...

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.

I've never enjoyed anything so much in my life!
-- Maryann Andonian, Vancouver, WA

Christy, produced by Ken Wales, is now out on DVD...

Christy: The Complete Series, DVD Set By Fox Faith Now the television series based on Catherine Marshall's award-winning novel comes in one affordable boxed set! Christy: The Complete Series features 19 episodes about Christy Huddleston's life as a ...

One of my students, Kathryn Ballantine, just came out with an album. Not that I taught her anything about singing... Songs My Father Taught Me.

We're throwing them back now, so we didn't measure it, but it was close to my first one. My second was 25".