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LARKING ABOUT
Whenever we get together my friend Paul Zahl and I like to amuse ourselves by collecting severed heads in sacks — an activity that's not as easy as it sounds! This summer we had a few very successful...
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THE ODD BEAUTY OF LADY OSCAR
Paul Zahl continues his look at Lady Oscar, an undervalued film by Jacques Demy: HER ODD BEAUTY First, it is lovely to look at. There is not a bad or ugly composition in it, for a master is directing...
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LADY OSCAR
Here, Paul Zahl takes a look at an undervalued film by Jacques Demy, and finds much value in it, indeed: HIS ODD BEAUTY Very few people seem able to say no to Jacques Demy's vision of life as...
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THE EGYPTIAN
This is not one of the great Hollywood epics but, boy, is it fun. If you watch it on a decent-sized TV in the Blu-ray edition by Twilight Time, the lunatic spectacle of it all will carry you...
View ArticleGRACE IN PRACTICE
Paul Zahl talks about Grace in practice. A brief addendum to the talk can be found here.
View ArticleMORE GRACE IN PRACTICE
The second part of a talk with Paul Zahl about Grace in practice — the first part of the talk can be found here.
View ArticleWINTER GARDEN
My friend Mary Zahl, widely known as a professional designer of magical gardens, has been spearheading a beautification project in her hometown, Winter Garden, Florida. In the midst of all the crap...
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WHAT’S MISSING?
Paul Zahl reflects on what’s not being talked about in this year’s campaign for President — basically, everything that’s really important: In the 1982 movie entitled Missing, directed by Costa Gavras,...
View ArticleJET SET
Los Straightjackets have a new album! Fun dance music of superior quality — and it’s in stereo! With thanks to Paul Zahl . . .
View ArticleDRONES
An Easter message to Barack Obama from various religious leaders, including my friend, and a contributor to this blog, Paul Zahl. My personal objection to Obama’s drone policy has to do with its...
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Paul Zahl, a friend and contributor to this blog, is interviewed by CNN on Good Friday about drone warfare.
View ArticleTHE EXHAUSTION OF THE WORLD
My friend Paul Zahl introduces this talk by a guy named Tullian Tchividjian about the exhaustion of the world. It’s nominally a Christian message but you’d do better not to think of it that way...
View ArticleAN OBNOXIOUS RELIGION
Paul Zahl talks about Grace, and when Paul Zahl talks about Grace, you need to listen — and by that I don’t mean you ought to listen, I mean you need to listen . . .
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THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN
PZ offers some thoughts on Edward Snowden from a religious perspective: ‘Edward Snowden’ by Howard Terpning Viewing the 1968 movie The Shoes of the Fisherman, which was based on a 1963 novel by Morris...
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MOVING DAY
That’s me on the left helping my friend Paul Zahl on the right move into his quarters at Grace Church in NYC, where he served as curate. His sister Eda stands behind the box. The year was 1976. Click...
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POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER IN SUBURBIA
PZ offers some thoughts on a novel and a film that have been regularly misunderstood, or at least mischaracterized: The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit This is an interesting movie (1956) and a very...
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VIEW THROUGH THE PANOPTICON
My Amazon customer review of Paul Zahl’s new (and extraordinary) book on world religions: PZ’s Panopticon
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THE PASTOR AND THE POP STAR
PZ goes to see one of his favorite pop stars in concert, becomes a part of the event and writes about it below: TAKE COURAGE — HE IS CALLING YOU In the Bible a blind man calls persistently on the Lord...
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THE DATING SCENE
Paul Zahl finds the time to tell her and reports on it here: About Paul and Mary’s Excellent Adventure It came upon a midnight clear! It came so suddenly clear that I knew I had to do something. It...
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