Blog by Rich

Oregon

I just landed in my beautiful home state for performances and to teach a one-credit class at George Fox Seminary: www.RichDrama/Itinerary.

01.23.10 08:10 PM - Comment(s)

Compassion in Haiti

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I represent Compassion when I perform, and they just sent me the following update on their work in Haiti in the wake of the earthquake...

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Here's the latest info for you from Compassion's Crisis Management Team, who are doing a GREAT job keeping...

01.19.10 09:03 PM - Comment(s)

Smoky Mountains and Twelve Tribes

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This terrain was covered with snow when we landed on Monday, but there was smoke on the mountains (Psalm 104:32) as we met with the Lord and saught his vision for Lausanne (www.CapeTown2010.com).

Our host for dinner shared how he and his wife have long had a heart for Haiti. They discovered 40 gro...

01.14.10 03:37 PM - Comment(s)

Enacted prayer for Haiti

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We had a great planning session today in the Smoky Mountains for Lausanne in Cape Town this October. Thank you to those who were lifting us up.

In the arts group we focused on the breakout sessions that are going to be taking place in the afternoons in Cape Town. There are three areas, which will ...

01.13.10 02:41 AM - Comment(s)

Planning in balmy Knoxville, TN

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I'm meeting with people from around the world in Knoxville to plan the Lausanne Congress in South Africa over the next two days. Pray for us to catch the Lord's vision for evangelizing the world. I've been blown away by the vision and passion of the team, which includes Paul Eshleman, head of Campu...

01.12.10 02:43 AM - Comment(s)

Racing through the Charlotte Airport

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We raced to our gate in Charlotte only to wait.

We're heading to Knoxville where we'll be planning the Lausanne Congress for Cape Town in October: http://CapeTown2010.com.

01.11.10 03:26 PM - Comment(s)

Zion Workshop

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I'm excited about an upcoming workshop I'll be offering near Winona Lake, Indiana, home of the MasterWorks Festival, where I direct the theatre program. I'll be doing sessions on enacted prayer, The Physical Actor, and through Sociodrama we'll create a sketch which may be used at the Lausanne Cong...

01.06.10 08:32 PM - Comment(s)

Happy Epiphany!

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Hope your celebration of the Three Kings is going well.

If you missed our Christmas eCard here it is...

Thank you so much for your prayers for us throughout the year! Despite the economy this year has been rich and full.

Joyce finished her second masters, this one in counseling. We were thrilled ...

01.06.10 06:34 PM - Comment(s)

George Herbert at the Kennedy Center

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A friend of ours is going to have some George Herbert poems performed at her wedding. I mentioned to her that I had performed some of his poems at the Kennedy Center, and she asked to know which ones. I'm posting them here:

FIVE POEMS OF GEORGE HERBERT (1593-1633)

1. REDEMPTION

Having been...

01.05.10 10:39 PM - Comment(s)

Write a sketch for the world!

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I'm on the Media and Arts planning committee for the Lausanne Congress for Worldwide Evangelization, which will be held in Cape Town, South Africa, this October. I'm also on the board of Christians in Theatre Arts, and they've agreed to use our Sketch Writing Competition as a way for us to consider...

01.05.10 09:59 PM - Comment(s)

Midnight Clear

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We just watched Midnight Clear, which was cast by MasterWorks faculty member Bev Holloway. What a phenomenal way to start the New Year! It's quite well done!
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01.02.10 12:28 AM - Comment(s)

Happy New Year!

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If you missed our Christmas eCard, visit RichDrama.com/MerryChristmas.

My Treo has the ability to stitch together up to three photos. In this case, it took three different light readings, for an interesting effect, I think.

The pole on the tower behind us is where the ball dropped last night.

01.01.10 09:57 PM - Comment(s)

Happily Single Before Happily Married

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Our friend we worked with in Singapore on the musical Judah Ben Hur, Diane Wigstone, just came out with a new book...
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12.30.09 03:16 AM - Comment(s)

Winging our way home from Denver

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We had a WONDERFUL Christmastime!

12.30.09 12:19 AM - Comment(s)

Vancouver 2010

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I've been invited to perform Beyond the Chariots in Vancouver during the Winter Olympics through More than Gold. During the 2008 Olympics I got to perform in Beijing alongside world-record-breaking Olympic champion Madeline Manning Mims, who coined the phrase "More than Gold," so this for...

12.25.09 12:02 PM - Comment(s)

Merry Christmas!

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12.24.09 07:26 PM - Comment(s)

We woke up to a white Christmas

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12.24.09 02:12 PM - Comment(s)

Interviewing a Hero

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Joyce and I drove from Denver, where we're celebrating our Lord's birth with her family, to Nebraska to interview Tad Nagaki, one of seven paratroopers who liberated the internment camp where Eric Liddell died. Tad will be 90 years old next month and is still farming!

We connected with him through...

12.23.09 06:09 PM - Comment(s)