On The Air with FIREPROOF cast

The movie FIREPROOF premiered in Hollywood last Thursday night and we went on the air the moment the movie screening was over. Kirk Cameron, the lead actor in the film joined me as co-anchor and our guests included Erin Bethea who plays Catherine Holt, Alex Kendrick who co-wrote and directed this movie, Ted Baehr of Movieguide.org, Executive Producer Jim McBride, Pastor Michael Catt, John White of Firefighters for Christ, and others. I really admire the team from Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, GA who have once again produced a movie that is first rate and communicates truth in a way that is both entertaining and spiritually powerful.

I've posted the audio of the one-hour radio show on the front page of my website, if you'd like to listen. Special thanks to Joe Battaglia and his great team at Renaissance Communications, Joe Carlson, Chris Segard, and Richard Blythe who did a fine job producing the radio show. Live radio is fun!

The video posted here was taken at the after-premiere party which took place near the theater in Hollywood at the Los Angeles Fire Museum.

This week, we'll be recording a radio special from the Nashville Film Festival-- the premiere of BILLY, THE EARLY YEARS.

Hooray for Hollywood

We are off to Hollywood this next week for the premier of the film FIREPROOF, the latest offering from the team that brought us FACING THE GIANTS. I was able to attend the Chicago-area screening last night and was blown away by the quality of every element of this film. Congratulations to the whole movie-making team, including Alex and Stephen Kendrick, the co-writers and the director and producer, respectively, of FIREPROOF. I can't wait to broadcast from Thursday's premier in Hollywood and praying for a tremendous impact as the film is seen.

Then, on the heels of the movie premier, I'll be making my way quickly to Cleveland and will see many of you at the annual MAKING A DIFFERENCE banquet on Friday night, sponsored by The American Policy Roundtable. Our whole team from THE PUBLIC SQUARE will be there and I look forward to meeting many listeners.

Catching Up

Well, the end of summer means lots of projects. August ended with the Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency which continues to make headlines even after the political conventions. It seems that it still resonates with people as a better example of how to have political dialogue. If you have not heard it (or want to listen again) you can go to USAvoter.com to hear our broadcast. Our followup interview with Rick Warren the following Monday can be heard at www.aproundtable.org.

Also in August, we recorded a radio special for Far East Broadcasting Company with Gregg Harris (more about this later when it is released). What a great experience to meet and spend some time with Gregg, an excellent, young leader of a 60 year old organization that has a bright ministry future.

Okay, now it's September. After recording with the team at THE PUBLIC SQUARE last Tuesday, I headed to Nashville in order to attend the TOKENS SHOW-- a creative and unique live stage presentation at Lipscomb University. Jeff Taylor is the band leader and has been after me to come down for one of their shows. I loved taking it in and hearing Buddy Greene, Derek Webb (a young, old friend from Second Baptist in Houston) and Odessa Settles all sing that night. We're inviting Odessa to join us in our next session IN THE STUDIO with Michael Card.

Next week, I will be hosting and interviewing a pastor from Ethiopia who has experienced first-hand the hunger crisis as well as extreme persecution. David Hunt and Envoy Ministries is bringing this Ethiopian pastor and friend the States for us to have the chance to record some interviews.

The rest of September includes recording sessions for HEARTLIGHT RADIO and WALK IN THE WORD as well as a live broadcast movie premier in Los Angeles of FIREPROOF, which we are very excited about. On the last Friday of September, it's the annual MAKING A DIFFERENCE Banquet in Cleveland which goes hand in hand with THE PUBLIC SQUARE.

Then, a deep breath and October-- starting with the premier of BILLY: THE EARLY YEARS! I've posted a 4-part interview about the movie which ran on Moody Radio's PRIME TIME AMERICA this week-- it's on the front page of my website, www.wayneshepherd.net.

Thanks for your prayers.