Working on the Inside: The Spiritual Life Through the Eyes of Actors PDF
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Working on the Inside This Page Intentionally Left Blank Working on the Inside The Spiritual Life through the Eyes of Actors REI-TAB LANEY A SHEED& WARDBO OK ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC. Lanham Boulder New York Oxford A SHEED &WARD BOOK ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC. Published in the United States ofAmerica by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. A wholly owned subsidiary of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 www.rowman1ittlefield.c om PO Box 317 Oxford OX2 9RU, UK Copyright 02 003 by Retta Blaney All biblical quotes taken from the New Revised Standardversion and the New American Bible. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-PublicationD ata Blaney, Retta. Working on the inside : the spiritual life through the eyes of actors / Retta Blaney. p. a. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-7425-3319-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1 . Christian biography-United States. 2. Actors-Religious life- United States. 3. Jewish actors-United States-Biography. 1.Title. BR1702.B55 2003 277.3'083'09224~21 2003006156 Printed in the United States ofAmerica eM The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO 239.48-1 992. For myf ather, from whom I received my spiritual nature This Page Intentionally Left Blank Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi Chapter One: FAITH 1 Jeanne Beauvais Dudu Fisher Michael McElroy Kristin Chenoweth Larry Collis Rabbi Richard Steinberg The Rev. Paul D. Schmiege ChapterTwo: INTHE MOMENT 25 Vanessa Williams Casey Groves Kristin Chenoweth Richard Costa Rabbi DavidWoznica The Rev. Robert E. Kennedy, S.J . ChapterT hree: LISTENING 41 Kristin Chenoweth Edward Herrmann Rabbi Laurie Katz Braun Peter W. Culman Chapter Four: SILENCE 57 Phylicia Rashad Edward Herrmann Liam Neeson Matt Mitler Rabbi James L. Mire1 Sr. Mary Elizabeth Earley, S.C. ... viii CONTENTS Chapter Five: PRAYER 73 Liam Neeson Vanessa Williams Michael McElroy Bertilla Baker Kristin Chenoweth Rabbi David Baron The Rev. George Drance, S.J . Chaper Six: SELF-KNOWLEDGE 91 Vanessa Williams Edward Herrmann Ann Dowd Amanda Blair Ellis Heather Tamar Feffer The Rev. Mitties DeChamplain Chapter Seven: COMMUNITY 113 Michael McElroy Liam Neeson Amanda Blair Ellis Rabbi Irving “Yitz” Greenberg The Rt. Rev. Catherine S. Roskam Chapter Eight: HOSPITALITY 129 Kristin Chenoweth Lesley Birchall Collis and Larry Collis Matt Mitler Carol-Jean Lewis Rabbi Allen A. Secher The Rev. Ern0 Diaz Chapter Nine: RITUAL 143 Carol-Jean Lewis Menvin Goldsmith Matt Mitler Rabbi NoachValley The Rev. Canon Jay Wegman Chapter Ten: TRANSFORMATION 159 Kristin Chenoweth Casey Groves Lesley Collis Shoshana Bean Rabbi Richard Jacobs The Rev. William A. Doubleday About the Author 177 Acknowledgments thank my publisher at Sheed &Ward, Jeremy Langford, for hav- ing faith in my project and allowing me the freedom to let it be what it would be, and I thank the Rev. James Martin, S.J., for bringing us together. Thank you once again, Jon Furay, for reading my contract and advising me. Thank you, Merwin Goldsmith, not only for the terrific inter- view, but for graciously offering to take my book publicity photos as well. What a thoughtful person! And thank you to the congregation and staff of St. Clement’s Episcopal Church for allowing me to photograph their wonderful space. I am grateful to the following people for leading me to so many great actors and clergy members: the Rev. Daniel Berrigan, S.J . ; the Rev. Barbara C. Crafton; Msgr. Michael C. Crimmins; Dr. Emil Dansker; Sr. Mary Dowd, OSU; Sr. Mary Gallagher, SC; Rabbi Loraine Heller; the Rev. Kate Kinney; the Rev. Dr. Peregrine L. Murphy; the Very Rev. Harry H. Pritchett; and Diane Snyder. Thank you, Fr. Ern0 Diaz, for the use of the cozy little parlor on the second floor of St. Malachy’s rectory. That space, right in the ix
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