Blog by Rich

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

​​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.

I was so blessed to perform in the upcoming film Jesus Freaks! It's based on events that happened in 1972, during the Jesus Movement. 

"Average Joe Brings Extraordinary Hope"

Lord, thank You for inspiring world-class filmmakers to tell the story of Joe and Denise Kennedy and ...

Joyce and I used Psalm 118 to lead Westchester Chapel in celebrating our gratitude for our country, community, and Christ:

Joyce and I both had articles post today on www.HeadlinePrayer.org.

Here's Joyce's: 

Lord, help us to pray effectively about the deep state’s discrimination and political persecutions.

We have met the deep state. 

And it is FEMA.

And the CIA. 

And the FBI.

And the DOJ.

And— most likely — ever...

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

Lord, there are no perfect people or proposals on the ballot, so guide us in how to vote by Your Word and by Your Spirit!

Paul and the writer of Hebrews both refer to Scripture as a sword (Ephesians 6:17 and Hebrews 4:12), and we should wield t...

Joyce's article on this gathering was posted while we were in Wales, so we're catching up now that we're home and screened the short film we shot there. 

After Intercessors for America posted the article, organizers reported 300,000 were in attendance. ...

We just did an exploratory trip to Wales to re-dig the wells of the Revival that took place there in 1904 and 1905. We prayed alongside Dick and Gladys Funnell, who have been missionaries totally focused on praying for another Welsh Revival. People from 47 nations have joined them over the last two ...

Here's our final report from this summer's trip to Holland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Germany, France, Scotland, and Luxembourg: 

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We're planning our next international trip, to bring Songs of Revival: Hungry After God Himself to Wales and Northern Ireland in June 2025. S...

Today Joyce and I both had articles post on www.HeadlinePrayer.org: 

"How to Deal with Disappointing News"

By Joyce

Lord, help us to stay close to you and avoid disappointment by setting aside our expectations of what You will do and allow and how You will work. In Jesus’ Name.

The result...

Here are the most recent articles Joyce and I have written for Intercessors for America in order of publication:

By Joyce

Lord, cause this amendment to be defeated by New York State voters. Block any confusion about these types of ballot initiatives that might allow enactment in any state.

Democrats in...

I recently ran into a friend from the '90s and asked if I'd sent him the recording of the memorial service of Mac Nelson, whom we both knew back in those days when all three of us attended The Lamb's Church of the Nazarene on Times Square.  

Mac and I met soon after I moved from a 70-acre f...