Run the Race

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, and a no holds barred presentation and acceptance of the Gospel! This is what we should be praying for more of! It shows a transformed life, the one thing a no one can deny! Though this is a fictional story, my prayer is that it will inspire people to search out real testimonies. If you've never met someone who was transformed by a relationship with Jesus Christ, click Testimonies here or below to read and hear several real ones. Someone told my bride, Joyce, after she gave her life to the Lord that she was the first miracle that person saw.

By the way, in case you're not interested in sports films, this is what  Joyce had to say:

Frankly, I was less keen to see it because I was a little done with sports movies, but this is not really a sports movie.  It is about the relationships -- with God, family, brothers. Well produced, excellent acting and script. The dialog is very real. 

A gym buddy told me to be sure to see it! He loved it, and especially remarked on the work of Francis Fischer, as the godmother of the featured brothers. My friend also appreciated the honesty of the journey. Don't hesitate to invite everyone to this one.

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See how Olympic champion Eric Liddell ran the race after . His story is begun in Chariots of Fire, winner of four Oscars in 1981, story in Beyond the Chariots. Watch it online and book a live performance.

Choose to be Transformed by the Word

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 and lead in musical worship. After mentioning how animals are drawn to the presence of the Lord in our fellowship because a dog passed by, straining at his leash to join us, we were visited by the deer in the photo to the left.

Rachel Taylor does a teaching on 1 Cor. 11: 23-26.

Rich closes the service with prayer over the offerings and the announcements, sharing his experience in a Honduran Nazarene church, which was built with Alabaster funds. He mentions the film Run the Race, which had a good run in cinemas and should be out online soon.

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



This service is available for download free on iTunes, where you can also subscribe to our podcast. Search for "Westchester Chapel" on the iTunes Store.

If you want to more about starting a relationship with Jesus Christ visit www.WestchesterChapel.org/Salvation.

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There are still openings for the 2018 Rocky Mountain Christian Filmmakers Camp.

Story Weaver

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, or if you're receiving this through an email visit www.Blog.RichDrama.com.

Here's the short clip she shared:


And here's the whole, unedited interview:


Here are more links to topics I mentioned:
Olympics
Bezaleel
Lamplighter Guild
Patrick Powell
John Fornof

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See the rest of Olympic champion Eric Liddell's Chariots of Fire story in Beyond the Chariots. Watch it online and book a live performance.

Sometimes You Need a Savior

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.

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



This service is available for download free on iTunes, where you can also subscribe to our podcast. Search for "Westchester Chapel" on the iTunes Store.

If you want to more about starting a relationship with Jesus Christ visit www.WestchesterChapel.org/Salvation.

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I Dreamed I Was Free tells the story of Quaker abolitionist John Woolman, who spoke against slavery a century before our Civil War. Hope Community Church is planning to host this play in Manasquan, NJ. We'll post the details at www.RichDrama.com/Schedule.

Andy's Rainbow

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 so that others could hear, "So Swingle, do you still believe in God?" He told me that the residents we had just met could never make a decision to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior. As a teenager I had no response. If I said anything at all I have no recollection of what it would have been.

My freshman year at George Fox University I heard the story of a young mentally disabled man who led many, many people to the Lord. And since then I've been a part of the baptism of a young woman with Downs Syndrome. I told her how beautiful it was, and she said, "The Holy Spirit was there." I've also performed at Joni and Friends events for campers who are less than whole because we live in a fallen world. The way the Lord speaks in and through them is profound and inspiring!

Jacob Dufour captured the profundity of the Lord witnessing the Gospel to a soul through a broken vessel in a respectful and skilled manner.

[Jesus] said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:3

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There are still openings for the 2018 Rocky Mountain Christian Filmmakers Camp.