Failings were responsible for the actions of Valdo Calocane. This is not an completely spiritual question, but it is a partially spiritual question.

Rioters using Christian imagery to promote intolerance, as if Christianity would ever be intolerant. That is a much more spiritual question.

“Christian spiritual practice INSISTS on holding everyday reality within the divine presence that eternally fills the universe with both dynamic love and seismic grief.”

My point is clear.

https://mega.nz/file/MnchzQLC#WCRKncuqi8MAYXw2fMi-GJJn93pLDKrCGmo7DsuyoVI

And in the Big News today from a Faith Perspective, Happy Anniversary of the destruction of the temple, twice, several millennia ago everybody! They were destroyed by people who worshiped the wrong god.

And Hamas and Hizbollah are just as bad. Oh and I suppose Palestinians are having a rotten time too. But they will insist on being places that were promised to the Jewish people by the Invisible Magic Friend.

In the meantime, let’s pray for peace. We’ve been praying for peace for thousands of years now, so it’s bound to come some day soon.

https://mega.nz/file/QzF2haJR#HuvZ4VIe22zpwP2g4hIALX606C9-NGu9IBElqQqhbdA

The Olympics are over. Everyone who won was filled with joy, unlike the vast majority who didn’t.

As St Paul correctly pointed out, joy was invented by the Invisible Magic Friend, who obviously hates the ones who lost.

https://mega.nz/file/U7t2VKCQ#rbp9Pj7CIr8WvFQzE58SzT8iRMwwJipwgbPuGTaUMZo

As with all clear nights since April, I went out at midnight to take a picture of T Corona Borealis, waiting for the expected nova event. Still no show.

But it was a beautiful night and it seemed a shame to just pack up and go to bed, So, when all else fails, take a picture of the Dumbbell Nebula.

Last night’s picture.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangulum_Galaxy