05.31.16 01:48 AM - Comment(s)
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I got to open our service this morning at Westchester Chapel. I make reference to "O Praise Him," which is by the David Crowder Band. Joyce closes the service.
Pastor Rachel Taylor preaches on Exodus 34. As a follow-up to Pastor Linda Warren's se...
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Pastor Rachel glowing after ordination |
05.29.16 10:38 PM - Comment(s)
I estimate that I've heard over 2,000 sermons in my life. This one is among the very best. It's going to transform my devotional life...
Pastor Linda Warren preaches on Exodus 33:7-11. Opening and prayer by Pastor Jim Warren.
https://archive.org/embed/SLindaWelcomeToMyTent052216
This service is av...
Pastor Linda Warren preaches on Exodus 33:7-11. Opening and prayer by Pastor Jim Warren.
https://archive.org/embed/SLindaWelcomeToMyTent052216
This service is av...
05.22.16 11:14 PM - Comment(s)
I had a 16 year Broadway run!
On October 17, 1999, I quit my office lease at The Lamb's Theatre, the largest Off-Broadway house at the time, and crossed Times Square (from 130 W 44th to 240 W 44th) to sublet the office of John Forbes at the Helen Hayes Theatre, the smallest Broadway house.
Durin...
On October 17, 1999, I quit my office lease at The Lamb's Theatre, the largest Off-Broadway house at the time, and crossed Times Square (from 130 W 44th to 240 W 44th) to sublet the office of John Forbes at the Helen Hayes Theatre, the smallest Broadway house.
Durin...
05.20.16 02:27 AM - Comment(s)
I got to open and close this morning's service at Westchester Chapel. Pastor Jim Warren preaches on Exodus 32 with illustrations from Acts 7:51-53 and John 15:1-11, and cartoon illustrations pictured here. Pastor Rachel Taylor prays and shares announcements.
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05.15.16 08:15 PM - Comment(s)
Mike Hill was nominated for Best Director for a Short Film, and I won Best Lead Actor in a Short Film at the International Christian Film Festival for playing Garreth in "A Matter of Perspective."
It w...
05.05.16 12:00 AM - Comment(s)
This morning our church, Westchester Chapel, closed out a three part series-within-a- series on Abraham, so I posted a sketch on the Abraham story I helped developed through sociodrama by at the Grace Brethren Church of Winona Lake, Indiana, in 2012:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/3qim6bJLbyA?rel=0
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05.01.16 10:58 PM - Comment(s)
Due to an unfortunate recording error I got to summarize the end of a sermon on my favorite passage in the Old Testament, Genesis 15, a passage on which I have a short 1-man play, " The Covenant Keeper." Pastor Jim Warren preaches most of the sermon with supporting illus...
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04.22.16 07:12 PM - Comment(s)
I closed this morning's service with a story from my recent trip to Seattle. Here's my post about the Divine appointments between Beijing and Phoenix, Oregon: What Are the Chances?
Pastor Rachel Taylor preaches on Genesis 12:1-9, with an illustration from Hebrews 11:8. The service opened with Angie...
Pastor Rachel Taylor preaches on Genesis 12:1-9, with an illustration from Hebrews 11:8. The service opened with Angie...
04.17.16 07:35 PM - Comment(s)
I performed the role of a driver and got to serve as the acting coach in One Day, a short film written and directed by Gwendelynn Martindale, who was a student at the Rocky Mountain Christian Filmmakers Camp, where I teach and coach each summer.
You can stream it here.
https://player.vimeo.c...
You can stream it here.
https://player.vimeo.c...
04.16.16 04:12 PM - Comment(s)
Had a fabulous time performing a monologue from Hamlet, my 1-man piece based on Les Misérables, and sociodramas based on parallels the students observed. We talked a terrorist into dismantling his bomb, empowered someone to talk his friends through a rough situation, and helped someone avoid drugs. ...
04.15.16 11:42 PM - Comment(s)
We had a great time at the advance screening of Rather to Be Chosen. Cast and crew came to NYC from Detroit, Providence, Long Island, and the after party went longer than the film!
Here's the report I sent out to New Yorkers on our list. If you you're in the NYC area and the report isn't in y...
Here's the report I sent out to New Yorkers on our list. If you you're in the NYC area and the report isn't in y...
04.08.16 10:41 PM - Comment(s)
I wrote the following article for Graceworks' April 2016 Big Bold News:
Don't we often struggle to find just the right words to say when we're trying to communicate with someone? But, real communication goes so far beyond saying the "right words."
In 2008, I was performing in Beijin...
Don't we often struggle to find just the right words to say when we're trying to communicate with someone? But, real communication goes so far beyond saying the "right words."
In 2008, I was performing in Beijin...
04.05.16 08:22 PM - Comment(s)
This morning at Westchester Chapel Pastor Jim Warren preached on Genesis 6 and 7. Unfortunately there was a recording error. Thankfully Joyce took detailed notes and below you can hear her authorized summary of the sermon using some of her own illustrations. Pastor Linda Warr...
04.04.16 01:23 AM - Comment(s)

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John directed me in The Dragon and th...
03.28.16 11:48 PM - Comment(s)
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Rich and Joyce Swingle on the Sea of Galilee in 2011. |
03.28.16 12:59 AM - Comment(s)
03.26.16 08:23 PM - Comment(s)
I was so blessed by the Christian Worldview Film Festival and Guild this year!!!
You can click through to my notes on Facebook for lectures by Phillip Telfer, Brett Varvel, Chad Burns, Bobby Downes, Stephen Kendrick ( Making God's Decisions, Guild close, brunch), Rich ...
You can click through to my notes on Facebook for lectures by Phillip Telfer, Brett Varvel, Chad Burns, Bobby Downes, Stephen Kendrick ( Making God's Decisions, Guild close, brunch), Rich ...
03.23.16 07:42 PM - Comment(s)
Next week I'll be teaching at the Christian Worldview Film Festival Guild, and what follows is my notes for my class on Monday:
The Art and Science of Online Auditions
by Rich Swingle
There are no ready formulas for acting; it is an art, not a science. The actors' tal...
03.12.16 01:11 AM - Comment(s)
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