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I came across a great article (1 page) comparing Eric Liddell and Charles Templeton: Eric Liddell: Charles Templeton. They both faced great trials but Templeton turned away from the Lord. Liddell, as Beyond the Chariots shows, welcomed the Salvation Army band playing "Be Still My Soul" r...
12.21.06 06:38 PM - Comment(s)
We'll be in NYC a few more days: Not a bad place to be this time of year.

We got in a car to the airport, hoping to beat the snow storm into Denver.

We're on our way back to the city in a cab, with tickets for Christmas Eve, the earliest we could score confirmed seats. That will make us 86 hour and ...
12.20.06 04:52 PM - Comment(s)
I'm visiting a church in Winona Lake (RichDrama.com/Itinerary).

I was surprised that the scripture reading this morning was from the Lord's adult life. Then it dawned on me that his adult life only makes sense in light of his birth. The very Foundation of Christianity is so far beyond the natural t...

12.10.06 02:46 PM - Comment(s)
I exchanged this view for a brick wall.

Some day when I have time I'll post the journal I kept when I moved to New York: "Farm Boy on Times Square."
12.10.06 04:31 AM - Comment(s)
Jeff Barker, who created enacted prayer, was named Iowa Professor of the Year for 2006 by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching:  Iowa Professor of the Year.

12.06.06 03:46 AM - Comment(s)
Well, all the extra travel time was worth it to make it for Grandpa's 90th birthday.

He's been a great source of inspiration to me. He was a history prof, and all of my plays but one are historical fictions. He's still an athlete. He jogged until he was 71 and continues to walk an hour or more every...

12.04.06 02:54 PM - Comment(s)

I went straight from the airport to the theatre.

I recommend The Nativity Story without reservation.

There isn't a weak link. The writing, direction, acting, cinemetography, historical accuracy are all lovingly executed with superlative skill.

It's beautifully shot. Every scene has a painting: a momen...

12.03.06 01:47 PM - Comment(s)

Up at 5 to try once more to make it to Medford, OR, to celebrate my grandfather's 90th birthday and perform Views of the Manger for the church in which I grew up.

The lock's frozen, and no one mistook my car for their's the way that kind woman defrosted my lock in Tulsa.

Joyce's dad brought out an ex...

12.02.06 10:22 PM - Comment(s)

It's time to board, but there's no sign of our plane.

The same gal that announced that both of my last flights were cancelled, Kathy, took the microphone, and we all held our breath. The plane is on the ground, but there's a plane that's de-icing, and our plane can't get around it because of a snow b...

12.02.06 03:41 AM - Comment(s)


I got to see myself on the evening news as I was changing my ticket after the first cancelled flight. They had called us off of that plane after we sat on the tarmac for three hours! Thankfully, when they cancelled the second flight we hadn't boarded yet.

I awoke to a bit more snow, but no clouds to...
12.01.06 01:23 PM - Comment(s)

Inter-Mission, a networking group for theatre and film artists in Hollywood just reported the following:

"THE NATIVITY STORY became the first feature film ever to premiere at the Vatican. Held at the Vatican's Aulo Paolo VI, the premiere was attended by 7000 invited guests of the Vatican."

S...

11.30.06 03:50 PM - Comment(s)
This was our first de-icing. We're waiting for our second...and waiting...

Glad I don't have a performance tonight!
11.30.06 03:34 PM - Comment(s)

...Tulsa, OK! It snowed over frozen ice, so I went to bed praying for a way to get it off. I awoke to find that a woman had defrosted my lock thinking it was her car. She was thinking that lock was REALLY frozen! In further answer to my prayer she had a really cool ice scraper I used on both our rig...

11.30.06 02:48 PM - Comment(s)
I'm honored to be a part of my 14th women's event. I get to play the High Priest this Saturday.

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11.17.06 02:56 PM - Comment(s)

New Line Cinema is releasing The Nativity Story on December 1.

Click here for the trailer. The main website is TheNativityStory.com.

They've run the script past numerous historians and theologians for accuracy, and it's filmed in Matera, where The Passion of the Christ was filmed and Morocco, where ...
11.16.06 03:24 PM - Comment(s)

I had the priviledge of performing Beyond the Chariots to open for Lee Rouson, a retired running back for the Cleveland Browns. Before that he played for the NY Giants in two SuperBowls.

Wayne Keller, on the left, directed the camp. He and Lee both shared in very transparent ways how God has worked ...

11.12.06 05:11 PM - Comment(s)
A student of mine recently interviewed me for a speech she's giving on Compassion at her college. I thought I'd post the interview:

How did you hear about Compassion International and when did you begin working with them?
I was teaching and performing for the Gospel Music Association's Seminar in ...
11.10.06 06:08 AM - Comment(s)
Torchlighters will be distributing a cartoon about Eric Liddell in 2007.
11.01.06 06:11 PM - Comment(s)
British Chancellor Gordon Brown has written a book titled, Courage of Heroes, and one of the heroes he describes is Eric Liddell.

ThisIsLondon.UK.CO says, "Mr Brown is the clear favourite to take over the leadership and is currently embarking on a campaign to promote himself as a Prime Mi...
10.27.06 06:17 AM - Comment(s)

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