Paulus

Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your minds. Saint Paul As if holding a candle up to an ancient canvas playwright Frank Spezzano shines a light on a relatively obscure event in early Christian history illuminating the story of the runaway slave Onesimus and his encounter with Paul the Apostle in a Roman prison. With a panoply of characters as real and as flawed as you could ever hope to meet this lively dramatization has a message of compassion at its core. St. Paul's letter to his friend Philemon the runaway's master is a tender and personal expression of the saint's famous doctrine on forgiveness. Here we see Paul not as distant or lofty figure but as a gracious humble man who acted on his beliefs while Onesimus a young man yearning for a better life finds the greatest freedom of all in faith. This is a story of kindness and mercy a tale for our turbulent times.