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Expect a Holy Shaking!

Joyce opened today's service at Westchester Chapel praying on today's National Day of Prayer for the victims of Hurricane Harvey, which devastated Houston and badly damaged many other communities in Texas and Louisiana. Joyce also prayed for those students and teachers starting new school years and ...

09.04.17 12:43 AM - Comment(s)

Celebrity Confessions

" Sheepish," the short piece on Gideon was incorporated into Rich's performance in Celebrity Confessions:

We had a marvelous time and were greatly inspired through each and every story and heart on that stage. Great to see you in all of your Gideon action. Absolutely delightful, imaginati...

08.30.17 06:43 PM - Comment(s)

Weeping and Praising

Photo by Jan C.

I got to open the service this morning at Westchester Chapel talking about this photo of the Cross in the clouds.

Rachel Taylor preaches on Ezra 3:8-13. She shares her experience at the TAM Conservatory. Joyce prays over the sermon. Rachel mentions the final performance of Cele...

08.28.17 02:29 AM - Comment(s)

The Solar Eclipse of 2017

Joyce and I walked down to the Hudson River today and filmed the time-lapse footage of the solar eclipse below.

My father told me that my great-grandmother remembered the total eclipse of 1918. She remembered that it freaked out the chickens.

Two of the folks who shared our
eclipse glass...

08.21.17 09:27 PM - Comment(s)

His Promise and his Presence

This morning Joyce taught on Haggai 2:1-9. She made reference to the Salvation Army's TAM Conservatory as well as The Glory Shop, which was launched by a Conservatory alumna.

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

08.21.17 12:14 AM - Comment(s)

Conservatory Finale

The final performance of our students at the Salvation Army's Territorial Arts Ministry Conservatory is now online. You can watch the full finale below. My students' performance, which we created via sociodrama based on the demoniac and jailer at Philippi, is at 39:25. You have to watch it on ...

08.14.17 02:19 AM - Comment(s)

Conservatory Report

This morning I got to share a report about the Salvation Army's Territorial Arts Ministry Conservatory, and I made reference to a series of Divine appointments that occurred yesterday, which you can read about here.

Pastor Jim Warren preached on Haggai 1:1-15, 2:15 and 18. Pastor Linda...

08.14.17 01:00 AM - Comment(s)

God just blew my mind!

We never got all five faculty members
who were my former students together
for a single photo, but this is
Jonathon Shaffstall, Brad Cain,
and Kathryn Ballantine.

All week I've been performing, teaching and directing at the Salvation Army's TAM Conservatory, where we've been meditating on Ac...

08.13.17 02:44 AM - Comment(s)

Full Circle

I've been having a blast performing, teaching and directing at my 13th Salvation Army TAM Conservatory. Our theme has been "Power to Be," based on Acts 1:8: "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea ...

08.11.17 08:08 PM - Comment(s)

Dream a Little Dream of Me

Dr. Linda Warren opens Westchester Chapel's new series on Dislocation and Expectation, teaching on Jeremiah 29:1-14.

In this series, our leadership team will teach on the dislocation -- the difference between man’s view and God’s view . . . mysteries arise from the throne of Grace -- not unsolvabl...

08.06.17 07:18 PM - Comment(s)

Salvation Army Conservatory Chapter 17

This will be the 13th out of 17 years at which I've taught and directed at the Salvation Army's Territorial Arts Ministry Conservatory. Carol Jaudes, who runs the program, was in CATS on Broadway for five years before the Salvation Army brought her on to facilitate using the performing arts in a g...

08.06.17 10:55 AM - Comment(s)

Give Thanks to the Lord

This morning I got to lead Westchester Chapel in giving thanks for all the Lord has done for Westchester Chapel through Psalm 136.

Pastors Jim and Linda Warren bring 1 Chronicles 16:1-9 and 2 Chronicles 20 to life in a variety of ways. Dr. Linda leads us in the Eucharist. Pastor Jim me...

07.31.17 01:19 AM - Comment(s)

Recommendation from the District Superintendent

I was recommended by Art Alexander, the District Superintendent of the Metro New York District of the Church of the Nazarene. Click the thumbnail to read the recommendation.

07.28.17 08:46 PM - Comment(s)

Celebrity Confessions

Amy Harrell said about Celebrity Confessions...

Great Show! So proud of everyone! Rich Swingle, Patricia Mauceri, Donna East and the rest of the professional and talented cast!

07.27.17 03:44 PM - Comment(s)

Celebrate Fellowship

Rich and Pastor Joyce on the
Sea of Galilee.

Joyce and I were tasked with creatively summarizing Westchester Chapel's year-and-a-half-long sermon series, The Great Gift of Fellowship. I used a sociogram (though I didn't tell them that!), which is a tool developed through sociodrama. The results were ...

07.23.17 11:37 PM - Comment(s)

Larry Belew's Memorial

I had the opportunity to sing at Larry Belew's funeral in Wichita, KS. I tell more of my connection to him in the introduction to the song, but he had a major impact on my life the first week I moved to NYC.

You can hear my song at 1:18:20.

Also, Mac Nelson, best man at our wedding...

07.21.17 08:09 PM - Comment(s)

This play spreads his glory

Portraying Ann Van Hine's husband in
Five Bells for 9/11

Rich's play is wonderful, and as the years pass it becomes more important, because now we have a generation that wasn’t born… I was actually born just ten years after World War II, and as a kid learning about World War II, even though my Mom had...

07.19.17 08:27 PM - Comment(s)

Fellowship: Jesus Is with You in Mission

I got to open this morning's service at Westchester Chapel, and I did so by sharing about an upcoming booking, which I'll share more about later. I also introduced the film The Pilgrim's Progress, for which we hosted the NYC Premiere.

Pastor Jim Warren preaches on Matthew 28:16-20. He mentio...

07.16.17 09:36 PM - Comment(s)

The Pilgrim's Progress film

WOW! WOW! WOW!!!!!
We almost got to see this at the International Christian Film Festival, but technical issues and time constraints collaborated to keep us from it. The director, was kind enough to give us a screener. It's absolutely brilliant!

I've been a fan of Pilgrim's Progress since landing...

07.07.17 01:15 AM - Comment(s)

Rocky Mountain Christian Filmmakers Camp 2017

We had such a wonderful week with these amazing people at the Rocky Mountain Christian Filmmakers Camp! We completed the short film "Milk and Oranges" based on a true story told by Nathan Ashton, who shares seven film credits with me.

This marked Joyce's directorial debut:
https://www...

07.06.17 03:58 PM - Comment(s)

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