This is it.
Finally.
No, for reals. I think.
I thought I said goodbye filming my last day on-camera in the @thechosentv.
Days later, I thought I said farewell again, as we wrapped the entire series itself on our sound stage, despite knowing that marketing days were still ahead.
But this Sunday, it was evident in my bones that not only had I spoken my last speech… not only had we filmed our last shot… but this would be my final day on the hallowed ground that connected me to the television series that changed my life, for what may be the rest of my life (but only God really knows).
This moment I share with you here is part of the culmination of not only the last eight years playing the Savior of the world, but the last twelve years playing Him as part of my creative collaboration with the show’s visionary creator, Dallas Jenkins.
To have the divine blessing of working on a show for eight years, and then to be gifted this cherry on top — walking onto set as Christ, to be captured on film by one of the great masters of the photographic arts, Annie Leibovitz, while listening to John Debney’s haunting score fill the spaces of the set — was at once transcendent and otherworldly.
I was, for a moment, completely speechless.
Seems to be a theme for me this past month.
I cannot stress to you the profound beauty and brilliance of the compositions that Annie, her team, and our cast and team have had the opportunity to create together.
A divine collaboration, if ever there was one. And I cannot wait for you to see the fruit of our intense labor, beginning with Season 6 (on @primevideo Nov 15) and continuing through the release of the final images from these shoots.
Our week creating these stills was a reality that my castmates and I could scarcely wrap our minds around.
God, in His goodness, is profoundly mysterious and deliberately sweet. The thank-you’s He’s given us in these final moments of the most important series of our lives are beyond anything any of us could have even imagined.
I do hope you’ll join us this season as we enter into the end of this story… which ultimately is the beginning of another.
I will write more as I am able. I just need a moment in between the chaos to catch my breath. Love and Blessings, - JR 🙏🏽♥️✝️
Really tough weekend. Flew home to day goodbye to our sweet boy Axel after 12 years of pure joy and love with him. He was such a good big brother and pack leader for our adopted border pups. Accepted them immediately.
And he helped our family through the loss of my dad more than he’ll ever know. Will miss him so much.
Love you forever Axe ❤️
☦️🇬🇷 Hidden in a quiet #Greek mountain village, the Byzantine Church of Porta Panagia has stood since 1283 - still remarkably unchanged.
#Ελλάδα#History#Greece
Featured here is Bach’s timeless masterpiece, "Air on the G String" (from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068).
In this Short, soprano Wendy Kokkelkoren and The Maestro & The European Pop Orchestra give the classic piece a captivating pop-classical crossover arrangement.
How would you describe your experience listening to her vocals?