PZ's Podcast

This gorgeous 1964 film is everything people say it is, and makes you wonder sometimes whether its director and writer, ... Read more

This is a meditation on self-forgiveness. I used to think that was a lame phrase, an exercise in twaddle. Not so! Here ... Read more

It's being labelled a "Zwinglian"! And there's something even worse than that. This podcast is a plea for the wheels to... Read more

Here are a few thoughts concerning the atrocity attacks in Paris. I talk about Islam (and "Islamophobia"), Syrian migra... Read more

This is a reflection on 45 years of New Testament scholarship. That's 45 years in 45 minutes -- one minute for every ye... Read more

"Kuh-hay-tchuh-pek". It means 'God', or rather G-d, in Martian. You can find out all about "Kuh-hay-tchuh-pek" in the n... Read more

They are all, like Ray Milland, "The Man with the X-Ray Eyes" -- these Huguenot heroes: Marot, Duplessis-Mornay, de Bez... Read more

William Inge (1913-1973) wrote plays of restrained optimism concerning broken families in small Kansas towns of the 1920... Read more

“Psychosis” is a very strong word for a cultural phenomenon. But it allows us to speak of a fissure over against reality... Read more

This Christmas cast is about communication between people, and God. Moreover, it’s about the cost of poor communication,... Read more

It's getting bigger. Bigger, at least, from where I sit. The Contraption, I mean. And thank you, Karen Young! And than... Read more

Pastorally -- and generally -- it is easy to miss the core of what's going on with a person in pain. You may see some sy... Read more

A Protestant spin on a Golden Oldie from Sweden. This is also a warning against categorization -- a very personal warni... Read more

I’m talking about pastoral contact, which is just another way of talking about personal contact. How do you get through ... Read more

How does the ego actually die? Or rather, what does a person look like when their ego has died, or is dying? Can we see... Read more

This is a theme with me -- the pros and cons (there aren't many cons) of learning foreign languages. Also, how does it ... Read more

The fact that the mainstream churches are hiding their Light under a bushel is the primary reason for their atrophy. The... Read more

"So, here's the thing." : Wanna know what faith is? Listen to ABBA. Wanna arrest the decline of, oh, let's say, mainstr... Read more

One more ‘riff’ on the paucity of mainstream church “address” to the hungry and hurt visitor, let alone the hungry and h... Read more

John Charles Ryle, who lived from l816 to 1900, was "a giant of a man with the heart of a child". He was a Christian wa... Read more