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David Wilkerson's final devotion

When my mother read Rev. David Wilkerson's book, The Cross and the Switchblade to my brother and I when we were kids it was a huge inspiration to this farm boy to hear about another who left his farming community to minister to gang members in New York City, where I've lived since 1993. So I ...

04.30.11 12:37 AM - Comment(s)

The Easter Airport

If you haven't read my report from Good Friday yet, read that first and then come back.

Wasn't that AMAZING!?!

Well that prayer for getting home (in time to catch the train I'm on right now to DC to lead a week of workshops) was answered, and the airport, in a beautiful metaphor, came back to li...

04.25.11 01:00 PM - Comment(s)

Free Compassion Album

Like Compassion on Facebook and download a free album created by Compassion artists like me... except that my art is acting.

This is Wendy, who we sponsor, on our visit to Honduras.

04.23.11 09:27 PM - Comment(s)

Powerful!

My performance of Journey to the Garden was outdoors tonight. There was a light rain, but I said I'd keep performing until they decided they wanted to move it indoors. About the time Jesus was being flogged lightning began to flash over our heads. When the crowd yelled, "Crucify him!"...

04.23.11 04:27 AM - Comment(s)

Holy Week Services

Our church, ( http://WestchesterChapel.org) be celebrating Holy Week at The Crowne Plaza in White Plains, NY:

Maundy Thursday, April 21, 7pm

Good Friday, April 22, 7pm

Easter, April 24, 11am

Live in the full memorial and celebration of what Christ did for us this Holy Season.

The Good Friday...

04.20.11 01:16 AM - Comment(s)

Not alone

I never felt like you were up there alone. You had a whole cast up there with you.
--Eileen Heinack (two time cancer survivor)
Greensburg, PA

And God was with him helping him do it!
--Betty Catalina
Greensburg, PA

04.16.11 04:53 PM - Comment(s)

For the Glory is completed!

It was just announced that the post-production phase of For the Glory, the upcoming film in which I play soccer coach Sean Ryan, is now finished. They're moving on to marketing and distribution. Hurrah!!!

04.16.11 10:23 AM - Comment(s)

Clem's Café

This place in Blairsville, PA, has some of the best barbecue I've ever tasted! They roast right there in they're smoke house.

04.15.11 05:08 PM - Comment(s)

Crossing the Hudson at Dawn

I'm driving (not at the moment) out to Pittsburgh for performances this weekend: http://itinerary.richdrama.com.

04.15.11 09:10 AM - Comment(s)

The 4/14 Window

I just got the following message from Wess Stafford, president of Compassion International:

Children are the most open to Christ's gift of salvation and moldable in their spiritual beliefs and values between the ages of 4 and 14. This is the time of life when they're also most vulnerable to the d...

04.14.11 11:07 AM - Comment(s)

Soul Surfer

I finally had two free hours to see Soul Surfer. What a phenomenal show! I was moved from first to last. It was so clear that it was faith that made life work for Bethany after the shark attack. Her courage is tremendous! And The New York Times rave was right about the breathtaking cinematography! ...

04.13.11 04:21 PM - Comment(s)

Old articles revisited

I was updating my Publicity page, and I realized I'd never posted a couple of articles that ran when we were in Australia in 2009.

The Salvation Army of Australia ran an article on my performance of The Revelation in Sydney. It's on page 9 of Creative Ministry, October 2009.

T...

04.13.11 10:11 AM - Comment(s)

Clarion Ledger covered the Belhaven Theatre Festival

Pros bring prose to stage during festival

04.13.11 02:00 AM - Comment(s)

Princeton University

Every spring I get to teach a presentation skills workshop for the grad students of Princeton's School for Architecture through Graceworks ( http://GraceworksInc.com). This year we had students from Greece, Lithuania, Korea and Japan. It was a thrill in any language.

04.12.11 05:24 PM - Comment(s)

New Yorker in Mississippi

When I first arrived on the Belhaven campus they were playing Chariots of Fire on the speakers outside their athletic complex. What a way to welcome me (by the random player of sports-themed music) to perform the rest of the Chariots story with my play: RichDrama.com/BeyondTheChariots .

The next ...

04.12.11 05:20 PM - Comment(s)

Belhaven University

I just got back from Jackson, MS, to teach and perform at Belhaven University. Jackson is the home of best man at our wedding, Mac Nelson. He taught at Belhaven several years ago. There are four Belhaven alums that I got to work with as students, and one is attending Belhaven now.

Miss...

04.12.11 05:07 PM - Comment(s)

Eudora Welty's home

I didn't have time to go into her home, which is now a museum across the street from Belhaven University.

04.12.11 05:04 PM - Comment(s)

Beauty from ashes

These two buildings on the Belhaven University campus used to be joined until a fire destroyed the connecting structure.

04.12.11 04:50 PM - Comment(s)

A most extraordinary day

Sometimes days planned with great care can be a bit of a letdown because they couldn't possibly live up to the expectation.

And then there are days like today!

I had planned to fly back from Jackson, MS, in the afternoon in case a booking developed for Sunday morning. It didn't, but I was thrille...

04.11.11 03:47 AM - Comment(s)

EVER

Don't ever, Ever, EVER miss the opportunity to see Rich Swingle's 'Beyond the Chariots', a 1-man play about Eric Liddell. He plays characters of various ages & accents phenomenally well, and the message is RIGHT THERE. And he runs nearly 1/2 mile!

--Debi Ethredge

after seeing a performance at Bel...

04.10.11 03:03 AM - Comment(s)

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