: Eric Liddell's Scripture List.
It won't get you through the whole Bible in a year, but it looks like the seedbed for some good devotions.
I'm going to pair it with The Word of Promise.
Happy New Year!
Eric Liddell's Bible Reading program
As I was considering what Bible reading plan to use in '08 I was reminded that Eric Liddell developed a plan in his book The Disciplines of the Christian Life:
Eric Liddell's Scripture List.
It won't get you through the whole Bible in a year, but it looks like the seedbed for some good devotions.
I'm going to pair it with The Word of Promise.
Happy New Year!
: Eric Liddell's Scripture List.
It won't get you through the whole Bible in a year, but it looks like the seedbed for some good devotions.
I'm going to pair it with The Word of Promise.
Happy New Year!
Pure Delight
Joyce and I just enjoyed The Water Horse. The film was highly touted during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August. It didn't disappoint as a breathtaking look at Scotland's Highlands, but it was much more than just the beautiful scenery, as one of the characters notes. It's about a young boy learning what's real, and what sort of man he is to become. I remember a moment in time when I made a very clear decision that I would carry some of what it was to be a child into adulthood. I was sitting in a restaurant with several friends from high school. I had to leave to get back to class and I was tucked into the middle of a circular booth. My first inclination was to crawl under the table. I instantly checked myself, as I was too old for that sort of thing. Then came the moment of clarity: I knew I would grow up and be a responsible member of society, but if I lost all of what was childlike, something in me would die. I saved my own holistic life and dove under the table. It's a decision that's brought me a greater ability to write and act, and most certainly it's allowed me to have a deeper faith.
The Water Horse shows a boy at just such a juncture, but it's much more interesting than a table at Angelo's Pizza.
Cross-Pond pattern
Candle-light service
Immortal
> Jean Valjean, an essential spark, an element of the divine;
> indestructable in this world and immortal in the next, which
> goodness can preserve, nourish and fan into flame, and which evil
> can never quite extinguish?
> --Victor Hugo
> on the front of the theatre across from my office, just off Times
> Square
Merry Christmas
This artwork was done by Riquelmys, who we sponsor through Compassion. He lives in the Dominican Republic and has been a blessing to us for many years.
This year has been quite full. Between Rich & Joyce we had about 240 performances or teachings in 18 states and 7 foreign nations.
Here are some of the highlights of 2007:
January
China
Hong Kong
The Philippines (some posts also in February)
Guatemala
June & July
MasterWorks Festival (MasterWorksFestival.org)
August
France (no performances)
Scotland (The Edinburgh Fringe Festival)
December
England
Wales
Stay tuned. There are some very exciting things developing for 2008.
Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Love,
Rich & Joyce
Nativity on Times Square
Evidently he committed his life to the Lord while in prison for drunk driving and assault. He certainly proved his commitment by kneeling in the straw over concrete in subfreezing temps.
3 short films
I just found a website with three short films, which are pretty cool modern parables: Knowing-God.topc.com.
United Kingdom
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| From UK |
I got to perform Beyond the Chariots, Jonah from Big Fish Little Worm and "Harvey Silverstein", written by Mac Nelson, from Views of the Manger, for a church in Birmingham. In London I performed "Lazarus", written by former MasterWorks Theatre Dept head, Sean Gaffney, from Big Fish Little Worm for a Swahili service.
That came about through the daughter of Njeri, the woman who helped raise my mom in Kenya from 1948-1953. I got to meet Njeri on her third visit to the UK since 1999. I met her on her first visit as well, which was on my first trip to England. What are the chances my trips corresponded with hers without either of us knowing of the others' schedule either time? Only the One who set up both visits knows.
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| From UK |
For more photos visit RichDrama.com/UK.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Inside was a chocolate egg. Inside the egg was a plastic yoke. Inside the yoke was a dragon. Who knew a turkey could give birth to such a thing?
Back at Carnegie Hall
The NY Times review didn't mention that the audience called the conductor back nine times after the final piece on the program. That included two encores. It was thrilling.
In All Circumstances
 | How can we truly have grateful hearts at Thanksgiving with the bad choices people make all around us? Join us at 7pm the night before Thanksgiving, Wednesday, November 21, at Westchester Chapel for "In All Circumstances," a sketch based on portions of The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom. Corrie, her sister, Betsie, and their father built a false wall into their home in Haarlem, the Netherlands, to hide Jewish people during the Holocaust. The ten Booms were turned in and the sisters joined 1400 women in the quarters of Ravensbruck, a concentration camp built to hold 400. Experience the hope that helped them thank God in all circumstances. Out of the sketch Joyce Swingle will preach and Dom Crincoli will lead worship. Join us in giving thanks. |
Directions by car: WestchesterChapel.org
Public Transportation from NYC: RichDrama.com/WCCC/NYC
Amazing Grace on DVD today
Ken Wales joined us at MasterWorks last summer (click here for the post).
Ken recently was used as the centerpiece on an article on a very encouraging article, Faith on Film in Charisma.
Starting today the DVD of his film Amazing Grace is available on DVD.
 | Amazing Grace, DVD Amazing Grace, from acclaimed director, Michael Apted, tells the inspiring story of how one man's passion and perseverance changed the world. Based on the true-life story of William Wilberforce (Gruffudd), a leader of the British abolition movement, the film chronicles his epic struggle to pass a law to end the slave trade in the late 18th century. Along the way, Wilberforce meets intense opposition from members of Parliament who feel the slave trade is tied to the stability of the British Empire. Several friends, including Wilberforce's minister, John Newton (Finney), a reformed slave ship captain who penned the beloved hymn Amazing Grace, urge him to see the cause through. Rated PG. Approx. 111 Minutes. DVD Special Features:
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Waiting for my Fingers
One Man's Reflection on Sin, Suffering, Healing and Victory. Joyce and I are both mentioned in this amazing story, and some of you were even praying for him through one of my blogs (SwinglePrayer) before, during and after his surgery. What began in the hospital was brought to completion in a very dramatic fashion.You'll also love Mac's other book, Memoirs of a Hollywood Adventure.
Word of Promise
Last summer at MasterWorks John Kirby spoke about how he coached Jim Caviezel and many other actors on the Word of Promise project. He played an excerpt, which was so compelling. It's now available...
 | The Word of Promise The Word of Promise New Testament Audio Bible uses Dramatic Audio Theater to deliver the entire New Testament in a new and exciting way, complete with music and sound effects. Jim Caviezel (The Passion of the Christ) leads this star-studded cast in a compelling presentation of the New King James Version New Testament. This multi-voiced audio drama is directed by actor, writer, producer and president of the award-winning Cerny/American Creative Studios, JoBe Cerny. It features an original music score written by award-winning Italian composer, Stefano Mainetti and state-of-the-art sound effects. 25 Hours on 20 CDs in a zippered case. Special Features and Cast List:
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Welch Revival
I just rediscovered an article on the Welch Revival. It broke out on October 31, 1904. Christianit Today reported that "crime levels plummeted and courts were closed because there were no cases to hear; families were reunited and marriages were restored; epidemic levels of drunkenness and violence in towns were dramatically reduced; prayer meetings broke out on street corners, in mines, in police stations and on rugby pitches; and more than 100,000 people became Christians within a year."
Lord, bring more of that!
Here's the whole article: http://www.christiantoday.com/news/miss/181.htm
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