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I happened to be working on a couple of films in Canada when  Unplanned was released in theatres there.  Several cast and crew went to see it, and the only seats we could find together were on the front row! The day before it had sold out.

It was number one on Amazon before it was...
03.31.19 12:32 AM - Comment(s)
This morning at Westchester Chapel, Joyce taught on  John 13: 1-20.

Pastor Jim Warren continues our series on The Word is Marching On with a message from Luke 5:1-11 showing how Obedience to the Word transforms not only the doer of the Word, but those whose lives are affected by that act of o...
03.25.19 02:15 AM - Comment(s)
We just found out about a musical production of Revelation, which presents the final book of the Bible word-for-word, spoken and sung. It's running May 9 through June 9 at The Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal St., NYC: www.Revelation.nyc.

Watch the trailer below by clicking the arrow, or if you're g...
03.19.19 04:43 PM - Comment(s)
I got to open our service at Westchester Chapel this morning, and I observed that on St. Patrick's Day our sermon was on freedom in Christ! It was an amazing, and unplanned, correlation, since Patrick was a slave, who escaped, only to have a vision calling him to return to the land of his captors t...
03.18.19 01:38 AM - Comment(s)
The photo is of Joyce and I with Roger Nelson and two of his New York friends during the run of our 2006 collaboration, Fire Off-Broadway.

I recorded a report on my experience at Roger's memorial and my experience with this round of the Great Experiment, which I was involved with when I read Script...
03.14.19 10:05 AM - Comment(s)
We really enjoyed Timothy Mahoney's first Patterns of Evidence film, Exodus. We watched a screener of his newest, Patterns of Evidence: The Moses Controversy, and we loved it! It's very well made, and, like the first one, it gives equal time to scholars on both sides of the issue.

The Pentateuch,...
03.08.19 10:30 AM - Comment(s)
Tomorrow night may be the last time you'll be able to see  Run the Race in a theater. I really thought it was a slam dunk, to add a metaphor from a third sport into the mix! It's about football playing brothers who switch over to track.

It was great writing, cinematography, directing, a...
02.27.19 11:41 PM - Comment(s)
Joyce shares from Ex. 34: 29-38 and 2 Cor. 3: 7-18 as Westchester Chapel resumes its series:  The Word Marches On.  She explores the Glory of God and explains Paul's comparison of the Old Covenant, the New Covenant and the Law from the passage in 2 Corinthians.

I open the service a...
02.24.19 03:07 PM - Comment(s)
When I was performing in Escape from the Eagle's Nest and The Giant Killer for Lamplighter Theatre, I did an interview with Becky Bailey. She recently shared the interview with her Theatre Catalyst Group at Regent University.

Click the image below of either the short clip or the unedited interview...
02.21.19 11:12 PM - Comment(s)
Beyond the Chariots is a wonderful and uplifting experience. If you ever get the chance to see Rich Swingle in person cross any obstacle placed in your path to do so.
--David Woodruff

Brilliant performance!
--MamaSush...
02.20.19 09:57 PM - Comment(s)
It has been many years since you came to Maryland and performed at New Life Changer's Deliverance Ministry.  Just wanted to say may God continue to bless you, and how I'll always be grateful for how you came to a few and gave your all.  A vessel of honor for the Master's use.  Blessin...
02.20.19 09:47 PM - Comment(s)
Very recently I had the honor and pleasure to meet and work with Rich Swingle. He is without a doubt one of the most talented, creative people I know. He knew I had some personal connections to 9/11 so he shared his performance of “5 Bells For 9/11 NYC” with me. From the moment Rich walks on stage, ...
02.20.19 09:42 PM - Comment(s)
Joyce shared how
the Lord delivered her
from daydreaming.
This morning  Joyce taught on Isaiah 40:1-11 at Hope Community Church of the Nazarene. She opens with a story of how she was once hunted down and shot! You'll have to give it a listen. I did dramatic readings of the key passage.

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02.10.19 10:05 PM - Comment(s)
Joyce and I were very pleased with the message and production value of the feature film Andy's Rainbow, about a mentally disabled young man and his friendship with a young woman.

When I was in high school a counseling teacher took us to a state mental institution, and after our tour he said to me ...
02.04.19 09:46 PM - Comment(s)
My very favorite work is to partner with my bride in ministry! Today we got to join forces in a really cool way. Through Scripture and teaching we took Westchester Chapel Church of the Nazarene through the Book of John to show how Jesus is the Light of the World, the Lamb of God, the Bread of...
01.28.19 02:14 AM - Comment(s)

Shari Rigby ( October BabyOvercomer) spoke to the New York Media Initiative on January 24 when she was in town for a screening of her newest film, The Least of These: The Graham Staines Story.

Joyce and I saw a screener of the film and really loved it! Our friend and colleague, Bev Hollo...
01.24.19 08:46 PM - Comment(s)
I was grieved to discover that my friend, mentor and colleague, Roger Nelson, has gone home to be with his Savior.

I was honored to read some of Roger's favorite Scripture passages and lead two of his favorite hymns at his memorial service on March 2, 2019.

You can see the whole Pasadena Memoria...
01.23.19 09:48 PM - Comment(s)
Patterns of Evidence: Exodus was shown in theaters nationwide a couple of years ago, and Joyce and I saw it on Times Square. Many of the archeologists the filmmaker interviewed deny any evidence of The Exodus, but others point out that there is an abundance of evidence: a small (empty*) py...
01.20.19 01:37 PM - Comment(s)
I wrote the following article for Graceworks' January 2019 Big Bold News:


Take a moment to think of people who encouraged you to get where you are today. See their faces? Now thank yourself for accepting their encouragement!

A recent New York Times article by Micaela Marini Higgs titled,"How ...
01.18.19 02:43 PM - Comment(s)
Our founding pastor at Westchester ChapelJim Warren, warns against falling away from Christ and into the world as he preaches from Colossians 1.

Click the arrow below, or if you're reading this in an email you can  click this link, to play the service:

https://archive.org/embed/JimCol...
01.13.19 12:38 PM - Comment(s)

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