Blog by Rich

This morning our church, Westchester Chapel, closed out a three part series-within-a- series on Abraham, so I posted a sketch on the Abraham story I helped developed through sociodrama by at the Grace Brethren Church of Winona Lake, Indiana, in 2012:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/3qim6bJLbyA?rel=0

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I had a great time at the screening of The Screenwriters at the alma mater of our director, Peter Forbes, and screenwriter, Elizabeth Stinnette. I was honored to join them and producer David Cook in a Q/A after the show, and we all had a blast at the afterparty. I had to leave early though. The scre...

I closed this morning's service with a story from my recent trip to Seattle. Here's my post about the Divine appointments between Beijing and Phoenix, Oregon: What Are the Chances?

Pastor Rachel Taylor preaches on Genesis 12:1-9, with an illustration from Hebrews 11:8. The service opened with Angie...

I performed the role of a driver and got to serve as the acting coach in One Day, a short film written and directed by Gwendelynn Martindale, who was a student at the Rocky Mountain Christian Filmmakers Camp, where I teach and coach each summer.

You can  stream it here.

https://player.vimeo.c...

We had a great time at the advance screening of Rather to Be Chosen. Cast and crew came to NYC from Detroit, Providence, Long Island, and the after party went longer than the film!

Here's the report I sent out to New Yorkers on our list. If you you're in the NYC area and the report isn't in y...

I wrote the following article for Graceworks' April 2016  Big Bold News:

Don't we often struggle to find just the right words to say when we're trying to communicate with someone? But, real communication goes so far beyond saying the "right words."

In 2008, I was performing in Beijin...

I was so blessed by the Christian Worldview Film Festival and Guild this year!!!

You can click through to my notes on Facebook for lectures by Phillip Telfer, Brett Varvel,  Chad Burns,  Bobby Downes, Stephen Kendrick ( Making God's Decisions,  Guild close,  brunch), Rich ...

I was cast as the lead in A Matter of Perspective, a short film which will be shot in Southern Oregon, where I was raised.

I'll be teaching next week at the Christian Worldview Film Festival Guild, and on Monday my class will be "The Art and Science of Online Auditions." Since 2010 I've ...

Our Bible study at Westchester Chapel has been going through a fascinating exploration of how the design elements in the Tabernacle, which was given directly from the Lord, speak to us as Christians today. We typically don't record these lessons, but Eva P., the woman who taught the lesson this mor...

Here's a three-part interview I did with Christian Trailers:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLJ-tk-TaVFjKFLj_2lT_MVcHn475rzqTU

I'm praising the Lord that I got to perform in all three films which won the top prizes for independent features at the Winnipeg Real to Reel Film Festival: Polycarp, Princess Cut and Beyond the Mask.

I went to seminary with students who were there because they watched The Jesus Film in their heart languages. It has now been translated into more than 1000 languages. Our denomination, The Church of the Nazarene, began a partnership with The Jesus Film in the mid '90s that has helped us...