Isn’t the war terrible. Where is the Invisible Magic Friend? Even one of the Gurus asked this. I will approach this question by ignoring it. Instead, I want to tell you what a great time we’re having at the Faiths Forum 4 London, where we held yet another inter faith buffet. It gives us all hope.

https://mega.nz/file/lis3xJCT#iNRdiQvaZBxPOXcNyPX6d8TH4pd2-C52Mxy-EKlr0iA

The Prophet Isaiah prophesied the war between Israel and Hamas, or at least something very, very similar. Or at least he successfully prophesied Jesus, who’s suffering terribly over all this. It’s as if these two peoples really hate each other. I can’t think why.

https://mega.nz/file/w3tDyYYA#h3_HQQ1Pj-Sow_i-WRlnRB2xaqaHNA-m4nWvExD4HT0

1,300,000,000,000 messages get sent in the UK each year. It’s all just pointless chatter, background noise. If only people would stop all this constant, idle comment. We, and by we I do of course mean you, are constantly on our phones. Christian hermits didn’t have phones.

https://mega.nz/file/U2EiFCQS#yDGs-z5Cs-PtnasuVFXmY_7MsT6U5FxFzANYllzYFuw

Poverty and destitution are on the increase. The welfare state and charity help, as does the Islamic tradition of giving.

https://mega.nz/file/RmVniJhC#G0bVMJgh7kIbD9xJYWF8GRHwNXahd-zeFctoPSsviyY

I don’t usually cover other parts of the Today Programme but, with apologies to Mona Siddiqui, I can’t just pass over this interview with the superb Carlo Rovelli.

https://mega.nz/file/s7VyiBiI#0vY83lGdpIFw_tJYyfqOS78AICuSnaiLo8Ar5vzRyyI

And in the Big News today from a Faith Perspective, a metaphor. Or is it a simile? Either way it’s just the sort of brilliant literary device you would expect from such a celebrity Christian writer like wot I am.

The war between two branches of the Abrahamic sect is like a great explosion, followed by deafening noise, followed by annoying tinnitus. I’m not saying which one I am.

https://mega.nz/file/Mu0VVDjQ#nuTBPgIrIY35KSAl8EdLfYP2dZf5v7qGkDRVs4QX8wA