Paul Patton (conversation)

Charles Strohmer talks at length with actor, playwright, and teacher Paul Patton about drama and the performing arts. He’s well worth a listen.

This conversation was originally published on Openings #8, Jul-Sept, 2000. Slightly edited for the Web.

Go Greenbelt

The inimitable Greenbelt Festival just keeps on truckin’.

This short essay was first published in the May-June, 2005 issue of Prism.

Wisdom Words

This page may not appeal to every visitor, so feel free to give it a miss. Others will enjoy it and may want to comment on it.

I have included it on the site as a crib sheet of kernel ideas for those who might be interested in the meanings of numerous key words in the Hebrew Bible that describe classes of high-level government officials and individuals who were responsible for domestic politics and international relations in the old-world Middle East.

The definitions come from an array of authorities that I have found useful in my work on wisdom-based international relations and foreign policy.

Three American Myths

This essay is a result of some pondering during the months leading up to the 2008 U.S. presidential elections, when I was thinking about Christians as presidents and America as a Christian nation.

Electing Not to Vote

Contrary to what Chuck Colson has written, voting is not a sacred duty. There are limits to the claims that the state can make on an individual’s conscience, and it may be for some a sacred duty to not vote.