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Walking By Faith/Walking in Fear

By Rich

I open and close this service at Westchester Chapel, and Joyce leads the congregation in celebrating the Lord's Supper.

Pastor Jim Warren shares a "Fear Checklist" from the life of Abram as depicted in Gen. 12: 1-20 to help us know when we are in the grip of fear rather than courage in th...
01.22.18 02:01 AM - Comment(s)
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Rocky Mountain Christian Filmmakers Camp Early Bird Deadline and Post Camp Production

By Rich

With three of our alumni,
Joyce Swingle,
Gwendelynn Martindale, and
Morgan Willer.
Due to some logistics issues we were not able to get the word out in a timely manner about our early bird special to some of our potential acting camp students at the  Rocky Mountain Christian Filmmakers Camp. In...
01.15.18 03:31 AM - Comment(s)
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Alien Intrusion: Unmasking a Deception

By Rich

Here's a guest review by my bride, Joyce Swingle:

Important, relevant and careful exploration of the subject. Anticipates and answers key questions while building its case for Christ's church to offer hope to millions of the afflicted ones. I pray that pastors and ministers heed the critical need...
01.03.18 02:56 AM - Comment(s)
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Miracle Story

By Rich

I wrote this story up at www.RichDrama.com/LamplighterTheatre, but here is how Mark Hamby, executive director of Lamplighter Live tells it:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWWRWIsf9X0?rel=0

If you're getting this via email click here to watch.

Join us at the Lamplighter Guild this summer!

01.02.18 05:30 PM - Comment(s)
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Are You Ready?

By Rich

Joyce teaches on Matthew 25:1-13. I opened by talking about the Great Experiment. Prayer by Dr. Linda Warren. I also got to share about my intro and outro for Tales of the Resistance and Tales of the Kingdom.

Click the arrow below, or if you're reading this in an email you can  click thi...
12.24.17 07:36 PM - Comment(s)
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Tales of the Kingdom and Tales of the Resistance

By Rich

When I was performing in the George Fox College Players, each member of our drama troupe, was given a copy of the book Tales of the Kingdom by David and Karen Mains. It was incredibly meaningful to us at the time, especially since David and Karen spoke in our chapel at what is n...
12.18.17 01:19 AM - Comment(s)
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A Blessed Christmas to ALL!

By Rich

I was so blessed by Dr. David Andersen's talk at the Mastermedia Christmas party this year. He started by pointing out that the phrase "getting saved" is no longer in fashion. He thinks people don't like to think of themselves as needing to be saved, but he told how he wandered past some...
12.15.17 01:57 AM - Comment(s)
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RoboDad

By Rich

I'm very excited to be working with Light Symphony Productions again on this very creative project! I play a scientist who has developed a robotic father, and I'll also play the voice of RoboDad! We had great fun!

It won the top prize for the Fatherhood CoMission film contest at the Christian Wor...
12.14.17 01:54 AM - Comment(s)
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Interview on The Gate

By Rich

Last month I did some interviews, ads and station identifiers for long-time friend, George Flores, on The Gate, international internet radio! We had people listening in from all over the US, Haifa, the Ukraine, Germany and more. I did station identifiers with greetings in several different language...
12.09.17 02:36 PM - Comment(s)
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There

By Rich

Joyce and I joined my former students William and Morgan Willer who directed and produced the short film, "There."

Joyce served on crew, and I played a father in search of his daughter during a storm who finds that he has to decide between getting her to safety and bringing a woman in la...

11.28.17 09:11 PM - Comment(s)
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More Divine Appointments!

By Rich

I didn’t notice it until just now, but less than an hour BEFORE I posted my grandma’s interview about her prison ministry today, I received a link to the testimony of a prison ministry recipient below.

I met Buckie on a train last week. I made the decision to take that train, though it had a longe...
11.23.17 03:38 PM - Comment(s)
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Thankful for this memory...

By Rich

Hope you're having a wonderful Thanksgiving!

This interview with Ruth Friesen and my grandmother, Hilda Miller, is in 1987. I digitized it from a VHS cassette in 2009, and searched the web for Ruth Friesen and her show, Beauty of Life. I wanted to get her blessing to post the program, but there w...
11.23.17 01:17 PM - Comment(s)
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Thanksgiving Eve Service 2017

By Rich

I open our Thanksgiving Eve service and introduce the video below. Later in the service I share about the short film, “ All God’s Children," in which I play God. You can now watch that below.  Rachel Taylor takes us through Psalm 107.

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11.23.17 12:57 AM - Comment(s)
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The Sword of the Spirit Interview

By Rich

This morning I got to chat with with Donald James Parker on his first video interview for The Sword of the Spirit. You can watch below, or if you're receiving this via email, visit www.Blog.RichDrama.com.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/LSutNVP8V6g?rel=0

Here are links to some of the things I mention...
11.21.17 02:07 PM - Comment(s)
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Best-Performing-Artist-Of-This-Decade

By Rich

I am pleased to nominate Rich Swingle as The-Best-Performing-Artist-Of-This-Decade for Theater, Film, and an outstanding Acting Coach. I have had the wonderful pleasure of knowing and working with Rich for several years now and have always found him above and beyond talented, professional, full of ...
11.19.17 11:49 PM - Comment(s)
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All God's Children

By Rich

Robert Puncher played our 21st screen child.
Joyce and I performed in this short film by Joseph Holmes. Joyce played an anxious woman, and I got to play the role of God, for which I was nominated for Best Lead Actor in a Short Film at the International Christian Film Festival and Best Comedic Perform...
11.17.17 12:18 PM - Comment(s)
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Seven Men and the Secret of Their Greatness

By Rich

Eric Metaxas, who kindly let us use his testimony for a site we set up for people we encountered in Russia during the Sochi Olympics ( www.WhoistheFish.com), has written a brief but thorough chapter on Eric Liddell in this book featuring six other luminaries in the Kingdom of God. Metaxas is a ski...
11.13.17 12:45 AM - Comment(s)
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Beyond the Chariots featured on ChristianCinema.com Facebook page

By Rich

ChristianCinema.com is featuring my one-man play Beyond the Chariots on their Facebook page today! We'd be ever so grateful if you'd give it a Like and a share! The more likes and shares the more of their core base will see it in their news feed. This is our greatest opportunity to reach the maximu...
11.05.17 11:38 PM - Comment(s)
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Friday's chat after On Wings of Eagles

By Rich

We were delighted to rewatch On Wings of Eagles debut on the East Coast and to field questions afterward.

You can hear the questions and answers below, or if you're receiving this via email you'll find it at the top of www.blog.richdrama.com.

https://archive.org/embed/QuestionsAfterFirstScreening

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11.03.17 08:18 PM - Comment(s)
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Free Screener to Beyond the Chariots

By Rich

Whether you're here to review the play or you're a friend, family member, or a stranger who blessed us, I'm happy to share this free screener to my one-man play Beyond the Chariots:

That's most of the play, but it was a part of a larger service, so I had to cut out 15 minutes. Here are a few of those...

11.02.17 10:13 PM - Comment(s)
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