Check out our latest endeavor:  "WALK ON WATER, IN TOO DEEP".
Watch the promotional video and learn all about what's in store at www.walkonwater.tv

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WALK ON WATER has a new website design for 2013.  YES ! We are coming back this year.  First, we will begin posting original TV episodes on our website in Feb.  Look for a new video EVERY WEEK !!!

Secondly, we will be announcing our NEW PROJECT:  INTO THE DEEP.  All the details and video, including a promo/teaser of the opening scene, so be sure and look our for that.

Via our website ( walkonwater.tv ) we will be giving more info, constant updates to let you know EXACTLY what is going on with the series, the new projects, and behind the scenes.

See ya,
Rich Nation


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 JUST AN UPDATE
We are currently in the early stages of pre-production for more episodes of WOW !!
Casting Calls for new roles in the series will be held in June and we hope to be underway with shooting/filming by late summer/early fall.  WE DESIRE AND DESPERATELY NEED YOUR PRAYERS and of course..money! lol.




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Well 2011 is coming to a close.  Just a few more days until its 2012 (Thank God!!)  I say this because, like many others, this past year has been a rough, trying time.  It's been immensely difficult to get anything off the ground from a financial standpoint.  Few are excited to invest or give financial support in this economy.  And it's not just  film and tv projects.  I deal with many ministries and all have reported record lows in financial support this year.  Everyone has been effected.

Currently, JCTV is the only TV Network airing the Walk on Water program, which is in reruns.  Due to costs and other time consuming factors, we decided to suspend all airings of the series until next year on other networks.

Regardless, we will continue by God's grace.  Walk on Water is not dead.  We will continue in some capacity in the near future.  There are currently two projects on the table we are pursing and we desire your prayers.

All profits from sales of Season 2 on DVD go towards future productions.  Please continue to help us by purchasing a DVD for yourself and your friends.  It can be a great ministry tool.

God Bless and have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Walk on Water


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SEASON TWO of  WALK ON WATER is Now available on DVD.


Please help us continue with the Television Series by purchasing a copy for yourself and for someone you know that needs to hear the message of God's Love and hope for youth.  

http://walkonwater.tv/dvd

A TV special promoting the DVD set and discussing the show's future is airing all month of October 2011.



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Looking Back and Looking Ahead

First, I trust everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Years. Most of the country faced blizzards and snow. Even here in Florida there was pretty cold weather. Two more months of winter to go. :-)

Well, the second season of "Walk on Water" is fastly coming to a close. Post production will be finished soon and I am looking forward to concentrating on promotion and marketing - trying to get the series televised in more areas and gearing up to promote the series during re-airs.

Before I discuss the future for the series, I'd like to finish looking back on the trials and triumphs thus far:

In the previous blog I talked about some of the obstacles that came from people who for one reason or another tried to discourage us (btw, I wrote that blog after returning from a vehicle accident that night. An accident that delayed getting the latest episode completed on time, and cost me precious time and money). We even had a precious viewer to volunteer until she found flaws in the first season she didn't agree with and began to rebuke me as if we were pure evil. I did see that one coming as I knew she had ulterior motives to take over the ministry aspects of the production. Well God bless her. You live and learn. I'm far from perfect and admit to mistakes and things that maybe should have been done differently with certain episodes. But I cannot agree with "throwing the baby out with the bath water" so to speak or trying to remove the speck in someones eye when you have a log in your own. How often it is when someone is doing something positive for God or to help other people that someone else will find something negative about it to point out. I always ask them "well, what are you doing thats so great?". Lord I pray, let me be humble and open to correction and never prideful. :-)

Production of season 2 took much longer than we had planned and there were multiple scheduling conflicts, actors moving away before production was completed, and the poor economy impacting many who had to choose working to survive over making a TV series. Understandable, but very tough to produce and schedule when your actors are all going in different directions. So the miracle of it all is that we did complete the task. To God be the glory. I am extremely indebted to all the crew and actors who stuck with me and made huge sacrifices to finish the series.

I wanted to produce at least 12 episodes for season two rather than the 10 we did, but at the beginning of the year I remember thinking "if I can get 7 episodes produced in this poor economy it will be a blessing."

The final day of shooting was great..but a little eerie. We had 3 of our movie/tv lights to go out that day, one of which exploded so violently it burst the light fixture and broke the glass lens. I fought a bad head cold the entire weekend and at the end after we finished the final shot, I removed the (expensive) lens from the camera and it fell apart and the glass fell to the floor and shattered ! I remember me and several of the crew thinking it was almost as if God was saying: "I held this thing together long enough for you to finish". The entire day was a tangible reminder of the battle we faced to produce "Walk on Water".

With all the ups and downs, I wouldn't trade 2010 and the production of the show for anything. And I wouldn't change a thing that happened. Because with all of it: The triumphs AND the challenges, you learn, sharpen your wits and skills and are better prepared for whatever comes next. I wouldn't trade the friendships, the touching moments and the often moments of hysterical laughter that occured often throughout the year working on the series as well.

So what's in store for 2011? It's wide open. God only knows. But I cannot wait to see !!!

more later,

God Bless,

Rich Nation

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SEASON TWO SHOOTING WRAPS !

PRODUCTION OF SEASON TWO WRAPS !

We have officially (finally) finished production of Season two, which has already been airing since October. Other than a few pick up shots, we have wrapped up production. Post production (the editing and preparing the shows for air) continues at break neck speed.

I wanted to take this time to write in the blog and reflect back on this most challenging season. Letting you know my thoughts, feelings and share some of the triumphs and challenges we have had. (this will be an ongoing discussion that I will add to again and again). I'm not sure who reads this really, maybe it's more therapeutic for myself than anything, but here goes:

Seldom does anything you try to accomplish run smoothly. Add to that the attempt at trying to honor Christ and produce something that will touch lives and make a difference, and you're really asking for challenges. If it was easy, everybody would do it, and if the devil didn't try to stop you and if he abandoned his attacks at you and your family...well then..many more would do it still.

Without trying to over-spiritualize this, it has been a year of constant hurdles and attacks. From the very beginning, as I began framing up the script I encountered them. Since feeling God's prompting to begin the "Walk on Water" journey almost three years ago now, I have never once felt He wanted me to stop. You go until the job is finished. I've never heard of God calling a minister, pastor or evangelist to leave the mission field and become a plumber or to just go take it easy for a few years. That is how I feel about my calling as well. Yet I constantly pray for God's direction and timing.

I believe in challenging myself. I don't like doing the same thing over and over. That's just me. It can always be done a different or better way. Having worked in Christian TV for more years that I care to recall, I've seen what is mostly just a weak effort of "stamping out the same ole same ole" week after week, year after year. Take any Christian TV program, watch it. Now go back and look at the stuff they produced 10, 15, evern 20 years ago. Not much difference is there? Other than newer technology and fancy sets and props, there's no change. Same sermon, same begging, same poorly produced product.

Media (tv, music, movies) it's gotta be cutting edge, constantly changing and improving. You're "competing" for an audience's rather short attention span. You don't have 3o min. to an hour to just drag it out.

"Walk on Water" still has a long long way to go. Far from perfect. So my desire is to make each episode better than the previous one. I have failed at this more than I have succeeded. But I believe God's work deserves...no, it demands..to be excellent. It should be the best.

So we did what we could with little to no money to make it better. Season Two is far more entertaining than the first. I really hope the viewers think so anyway. Cause in the end, it really doesn't matter what I think. Most Christian TV programmers need to get that through their heads. I guess they think they are making a show for themselves to watch.

"Walk on Water" is aimed at youth (teen and young adults). In real life they are being bombarded with messages about hate, jealousy and lust. They are seeing erotic images and sexual situations portrayed before their very eyes even when they try to look the other way.

Kids are presented with the opportunity to take drugs in elementary school. They learn (the wrong way) about sex by the time they are 10. Their "gay" friends try to encourage them to participate in that lifestyle. Their straight friends tell them abortion is no big deal. And everyone (thanks to today's media of tv and movies) accepts the natural step to dating someone includes sexual intercourse on a regular basis if you expect the other person to want you to stick around. Marriage is mocked and given a bad wrap. After all, most kids' parents have failed at it and they have seen the fighting , anger and unhappiness that it produces every night in their own homes. Girls are fighting feelings of low self esteem. Cutting themselves. Feeling rejection. Doing unthinkable things and being exploited nearly to the point of rape by guys, just so they can feel a false sense of belonging.

So I say this: HOW DARE ANYONE QUESTION OR ATTACK ME FOR ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES, RATHER THAN TURNING MY HEAD THE OTHER WAY LIKE MANY CHURCHES DO. (and like 99% of Christian TV does).

Still love me? :-). I've had close friends to even question me. A few have tried to get me to tame it down with the show. PLEASE. Yes, we have pushed the envelope, just oh so slightly, with the second season of "Walk on Water" AND I HAVE ONLY JUST BEGUN. God didn't call me to produce a nursery rhyme. If the show is too strong for you then life is way way way too strong for you because this show is EXTREMELY TAME compared to world standards. In the words of one viewer of the show, he said: "If you ask me there's alot more envelope that needs pushing." I agree. Not for shock value, as secular TV would do , just to get ratings and viewers. No, I have a calling from God to be real, relevant and up front. To get the attention and offer a message or word of hope the to viewers. To those who have seen the first and second seasons of the show and understand (they get it) I thank you for standing by us. We definitely need your prayers. Of the many different kinds of attacks (and I will get into other kinds in future blogs), one of the most hurtful and very basic forms of attacks have been from "on the inside" . People who were even part of what we were doing at the beginning. Some who are a part of it even now. They are the ones the enemy often uses to try to dissuade you from the goal. From what God has put in your heart. Well, all I can say to that is if you see it should be done a different way, pray for me. Maybe its because God didn't call you to be part of it. Maybe God is calling you to do something different. Go with God, but DO NOT try to pull me into your calling or stop me from the one I'm on.

In closing. This is not meant as a blog entry or ranting and raving. Rather simply to share one of the challenges we have faced with the show. I will share more of the challenges in future blogs. Now, I don't do this to give glory or credit to the devil or to other's who hate what we are doing. Because you see, they didn't succeed. BUT GOD DID SUCCEED !!! That's where the glory is given. I'm just a vessel who is trying to be obedient and responsible with what God has entrusted me with.

MORE NEXT TIME !

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Hope everyone is catching all the new episodes of Season 2. We are airing each episode 2 weeks in a row now until the end of the season. So if you miss an episode you can catch it the following week. We are winding down towards the end however. Don't miss a VERY SPECIAL episode coming around Christmas time. It is a departure from the normal type of episodes. It was filmed entirely on location out in the Ocala National Forrest. I believe you won't want to miss this different, sorta reality-style episode of WALK ON WATER . More on it later. As always, stay in touch at walkonwater.tv and through the facebook page.

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Today we celebrated the official Nationwide release of Walk on Water season one on DVD.

Thanks to all our viewers and friends for coming out to support us!

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Well, we are about 1/4 of the way into Production of SEASON TWO of Walk on Water. Production has been going at a slow but steady pace for 2 months now. It is looking REALLY REALLY good. I believe fans and viewers of the show are really going to enjoy the new stuff. (Did I just say "really" 3 times? lol)

The new shows will begin airing by August/September of this year.

Something else that will happen around that same time is the Nationwide release on DVD of Season One. Bridgestone Media will make the series available in Family Christian Bookstores all over the country, as well as to many other independent bookstores. The newly designed DVD set will contain a Sneek Peek of Season Two in the Special Features. More on this later.

Cheers.

Rich Nation

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