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Early in the week Timothy Bentch came to me and asked if I could develop a dramatic piece on the theme of embracing the Lord's discipline. Later in the week Pat Kavanaugh, director of the festival called to see if the theatre department had an offering. I had so many details on my mind I'd forgotten...

I was blessed to see these two world-class conductors, David Bowden and Andrew Sewell, praying together at the last meal of MasterWorks.

It epitomized the theme I've seen this year as artists have shared the spotlight. John Kirby was willing to let me direct our play before he got there. We double c...

John Kirby and his assistant Nathan Nesbitt are here at MasterWorks now. Nathan said Word of Promise, on which John coached the actors, is now the best selling version of the Bible! John has directed the youth version of the New Testament and acted in the adult version of the Old Testament.

Acts of Renewal ( http://Savidge.com) joined us yesterday. In this photo you can see Jim and Carol, a husband and wife performance team mingling with the MasterWits.

Harvey Johnson coached our theatre students for the honors recital tonight. Brandon Langeland played Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in a scene from Peter Shaffer's Amadeus.

Brandon is in the post-college division. Lydia and Kaelen, pictured below, are in high school and college, respectively.

Tonight our theatre students shone at the honors recital.

Lydia Sewell performed the role of Emily in a monologue from Our Town.

..but we caught this great view!

Stephen directs the theatre dept. in cheering the Star Spangled Banner.

At tonight's concert they played the theme song to Superman. The theatre dept. was invited to get in on the action. Kayla Winston played Lois Lane, Josh Knox played the bad guy, and Danny Cornett played the Man of Steel.

It's taken two weeks and an outdoor concert for me to finally have time to post from MasterWorks. We're now half way through and having a great time! The play (Tartuffe) is coming along well and should be a hoot!

..at sunset.

John Keddie's biography on Eric Liddell, Running the Race has been translated to Chinese and is now available in China.

Here's an article that's been translated into English by Google: Running life - dedication, born in China: China's Olympic champion

I'm staying with my friend, Alex Walker, while here in LA. He had friends over for breakfast today, and one of them rides this Honda Shadow. it has 750 cc's, and I told him my dad had an 800 cc Honda, but that he sold it before I was big enough to ride it. Alex's friend tossed me the key and said, &...

I just left the John Kirby Studio in Hollywood, where I had a great meeting with John & Nathan in preparation for MasterWorks.