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Jimmy Sites Newspaper Coverage

Jimmy Sites, who will be one of our Master Class Instructors at MasterWorks just sent the following encouraging note:

Begin forwarded message:

Last week was a good week for the ministry of Spiritual Outdoor Adventures. We were covered by the press in newspapers in Toronto, Louisville, Birnming...

04.25.06 06:28 PM - Comment(s)

Which was better?

I can't decide which was better, the acting or the writing.
--Robert Fresco
Academy Award-winning film maker

04.24.06 01:34 AM - Comment(s)

So moving and beautiful

Dear Rich and Joyce,
May the Lord bless you for blessing us with "Beyond the Chariots."

It was so moving and beautiful. I sensed the Holy Spirit as Eric sang, "Be Still My Soul." I just loved all the energy and robust good humor that went into "Though Your Sins Be as Scarlet.....

04.23.06 05:25 PM - Comment(s)

Go!

Only four shows left in our Off-Broadway run, Fire Off-Broadway.

On Saturday Mary Previte will be speaking after Beyond the Chariots. A former assembly woman for the State of New Jersey, she's the great-granddaughter of Hudson Taylor, and she was with Eric Liddell in the concentration camp featured...

04.21.06 09:08 PM - Comment(s)

Comments on Beyond the Chariots

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04.20.06 05:45 PM - Comment(s)

Comments on The Man from Aldersgate

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04.20.06 05:43 PM - Comment(s)

Off the blocks

Christi-An Bennett and her family joined our church for Easter. Before they moved away she and her husband Stephen were both on the preaching line-up. One Sunday she used Eric Liddell's story as an illustration for her sermon and I was reminded that the '04 Olympics were coming up and I should get g...

04.16.06 10:28 PM - Comment(s)

Announcement

There are two one-man plays about Church heroes playing Off-Broadway from April 17-23. Relive the incredible adventures of 1924 Olympic Gold medal winner Eric Liddell in war-torn China. Rich Swingle's new one-man play Beyond the Chariots picks up where Chariots of Fire left off. Behold Liddell's gr...

04.12.06 03:33 PM - Comment(s)

Well lit

David Lander, our award-winning Broadway lighting designer, went through Beyond the Chariots scene by scene today. His ideas are incredible! If you've already seen the play it will be worth the price of admission just to see how David's lighting it!

04.12.06 03:27 AM - Comment(s)

Authentic

I was so very privileged to see Rich's show this past Sunday in Winona Lake. FABULOUS. As a former teacher at an international school in Taiwan, I was impressed not only by Rich's exquisite acting and creativity, but also his authentic portrayal of Chinese culture!
--Amy Keith
Winona Lake, IN

04.11.06 08:15 PM - Comment(s)

Attendance

I'm getting ready to perform here in Winona Lake, and I felt myself relax about who shows up. We've been so focused about filling seats Off-Broadway so that we'll break even that it's nice to just show up and perform for who ever attends. Then it occurred to me that I should ALWAYS want as many as p...

04.09.06 10:09 PM - Comment(s)

Interview on WPEL

Roger and I did an interview on WPEL, 96.5 FM, which will air Tuesday, April 11 at 4:05 pm. The station is in Montclair, PA, in the northeast corner, and they also have translators in Binghamton, Endicott, and Sayre. Their website is WPEL.org. If you're in the area I hope you can tune in.

Rich

Rich Sw...

04.09.06 03:14 PM - Comment(s)

Winging my way to Winona Lake

I'm en route to Winona Lake, home of the MasterWorks Festival. It doesn't start until June, but they host a Second Sunday series to keep Winona Lakers entertained throughout the year. Tomorrow I'll be performing Beyond the Chariots.

On the leg to Detroit I sat next to a former runner who, like I, wat...

04.08.06 12:56 PM - Comment(s)

The "Gospel of Judas" put into perspective

The New York Times article on the 'Gospel of Judas' is their most emailed article today. Be sure to check out this balanced piece from Christianity Today: The Judas We Never Knew.

04.07.06 01:56 PM - Comment(s)

Max McLean Fire

Max McLean is performing his one-man play, The Screwtape Letters in the Salvation Army's Theatre 315, where we'll be doing our run. He graciously recorded a radio spot, which is now playing on WAWZ. Listen for it!

04.06.06 09:07 PM - Comment(s)

Rich Acts Out

Retta Blaney's article just ran in the National Catholic Reporter: "Rich Swingle acts out his ministry." If it's no longer on the front page of their website: NatCath.com click here.

04.06.06 05:23 PM - Comment(s)

Do you have some marijuana?

Roger Nelson, who's performing in our Off-Broadway run in a couple of weeks, walked into a drug store the other night to pick up some milk. A young man approached him and asked, "Do you have some marijuana?" Roger said, "No, but I have something better." Within a half an hour Ro...

04.06.06 04:29 PM - Comment(s)

The radio interview went well

The links below may not still connect you to the described program.

4/1
The interview went well, and you can listen to it by clicking here. For Charlie's whole hour, which includes a guy who called in and talked about the Off-Broadway run, click here.

3/31
I'm going to be interviewed tomor...

03.31.06 10:48 AM - Comment(s)

iTunes' first (that I've noticed) Christian freebee!

Every Tuesday iTunes puts up at least one free song. This week if you scroll to the bottom of their main page, on the left side, under Free Downloads there's a song called "Grace," and it's excellent: "I need a voice that's louder than mine...I pray for mercy only Jesus gives." E...

03.31.06 10:26 AM - Comment(s)

In Christ alone

Roger Nelson sent me a note which reminded me of how I first started signing things "In Christ alone, Rich."

My earliest memories of signing that way were from my first year out of seminary. I was assistant to the youth superintendent for the Friends Church's Northwest Yearly Meeting (a Qu...

03.29.06 03:28 AM - Comment(s)

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