It’s national joke day, and what can be more funny than religion. We’re always laughing at ourselves. Just walk into your local church or mosque, tell them how ridiculous they all are, and just watch them laugh.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vMITcXk57x2w_JTztKBHwjcmVCR9q6q9/view?usp=sharing

And in the Big News today from a Faith Perspective, there’s a Big Christian Festival of Mary in France. So I’ll spend the next three minutes talking about Mary. Mary grew old, before going up into the sky on a cloud.

And that is the end of the totally relevant and unproselytising Big News today from a Faith Perspective.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nOWL-L2LVuaRrRUtKe1tnaX0POLA5bD8/view?usp=sharing

In science, all knowledge is provisional. Faith is often caricatured as unquestioning belief without evidence. As if.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rp903EQIUM9h6gohmsYrT5DHYskPBLyr/view?usp=sharing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/66448453
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bok_globule

Death is a part of life. Even as we grieve for dead loved ones, they remain alive in our memories. And the fact that we ourselves will die one day reminds us how precious the time we have really is.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13gDktEpvTm4DeGMFuXv9m9UpqE6em_pd/view?usp=sharing

Something something something… Big Book of Magic Stuff, Jesus!

Jesus says, somewhere, that human beings mustn’t have a closed mind. I certainly don’t have a closed mind. I’m open to absolutely any thought about how wonderful Jesus was.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FYXiA5cgcnsv04hxOCV3kpc_VckFnSmc/view?usp=sharing