Holy Humor

Holy Humor
Author: Cal Samra
Publisher: WaterBrook Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999-05
Genre: American wit and humor
ISBN: 9781578562794

For more than a decade, the interdenominational Fellowship of Merry Christians has been publishing The Joyful Noiseletter, an award-winning newsletter filled with church life humor by some of the world's top comedians, humorists, clowns, and cartoonists. Now, the most snicker-spurring, laughter-inciting of those comical contributions are available in four uproarious collections: Holy Humor, More Holy Humor, Holy Hilarity, and More Holy Hilarity.Featuring work by such gifted cartoonists as The Family Circus creator, Bil Keane and B.C. creator, Johnny Hart, these collections by editors Cal and Rose Samra are a virtual treasury of good, clean, inspirational humor. Within each book's pages, readers will find enough rib-tickling jokes, uplifting anecdotes, one-liners, joyful Scripture references, inspiring stories, top ten lists, clean limericks, church cartoons, real-life "uh-ohs, " bulletin bloopers, misprints, and "jestimonials" from health professionals, chaplains, and patients to make them laugh from start to finish.Conveniently arranged by topic or month for easy use, each book is perfect for pastors, teachers, public speakers, and all who seek to fill our lives with God-inspired joy and holy laughter. Sure to add zest to sermons and speeches and bring much-needed joy to those who see laughter as the best medicine to help them face the challenges of life.

Holy Hilarity

Holy Hilarity
Author: Mark Roncace
Publisher: Smyth & Helwys Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 9781573128926

Let My People Laugh

Let My People Laugh
Author: Christianity Today Intl.,
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2009-05-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1418580619

If laughter is the best medicine then these hysterical reflections on church life will bring joy and encouragement. Funny things happen in church...really funny things. And laughing about them can be one of the most healing, healthy, and encouraging things a pastor, church leader, or church member can do. This fun resource will provide instant laughs by bringing together some of the best “Church Laughs” content from Leadership Journal, Christianity Today’s magazine for church leaders. High-quality, witty, silly, and just-plain funny cartoons and amusing anecdotes are also included. Let My People Laugh will bless and minister to folks in a way that sermons sometime can’t!

More Holy Humor

More Holy Humor
Author: Cal Samra
Publisher: WaterBrook Press
Total Pages: 210
Release: 1999-05-18
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 9781578562800

For more than a decade, the interdenominational Fellowship of Merry Christians has been publishing The Joyful Noiseletter, an award-winning newsletter filled with church life humor. Sure to add zest and fun to any speech or sermon.

Hot, Holy, and Humorous

Hot, Holy, and Humorous
Author: J. Parker
Publisher:
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2016-07-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9781525228322

Do you want to be a hottie in the bedroom without sacrificing holiness? How can you make the most of God's gift of sexual intimacy in marriage? Wrongful thinking and behaviors regarding sex permeate our culture. Christians need to reclaim sexuality and enjoy it in the way God intended. God does not shy away from the subject of sex. The Bible shows a better way in every area-including the marital bedroom. In Hot, Holy, and Humorous, author J. Parker gives candid advice for wives from a foundation of faith with a splash of humor. This book can boost your sex savvy and improve your marital intimacy. And guess what? With God's perfect design, you and your spouse can enjoy the most amazing sex!

Humor Us!

Humor Us!
Author: Alyce M. McKenzie
Publisher: Presbyterian Publishing Corp
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2023-06-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1646983149

Homiletics textbooks often discourage the use of humor in preaching, regarding it as trivializing or distracting. The result is that many preachers have failed to understand humor’s positive power, demoting it to the opening joke to get a guaranteed guffaw to warm up the crowd. Humor Us!, the second volume in the "Preaching and…" series, is a collaborative effort by homiletician Alyce M. McKenzie and humor scholar Owen Hanley Lynch that promotes humor, a force capable of great good, to its rightful place in the pulpit. Establishing humor as a divine gift, Humor Us! opens to preachers the world of humor studies with its positive portrayal of humor’s usefulness to speak truth to power, unite people in their common humanity, and strengthen them to cope and survive in tough times. Humor Us! helps preachers understand how humor works and shows them, in very practical and specific ways, how preachers can put it to work in their sermons. It combines the wealth of knowledge of two highly regarded scholars-practitioners to show how humor can become a potent tool for sharing the good news in sermons. McKenzie and Lynch prove that humor, when applied thoughtfully, can foster compassion and a sense of common humanity, help challenge an unjust status quo, and invite listeners into a shared experience of the presence of God.

Forgive Me Father, for I Have Grinned

Forgive Me Father, for I Have Grinned
Author: V. N. Phillips
Publisher: The Overmountain Press
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2006-05
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 9781570723001

Religious gaffes are served up in a family-friendly style in this riotous collection of bona fide stories and puns related to traditions of worship. Amusing anecdotes of comical church incidents are featured, as are examples of Christians who have been given the boot for poorly chosen words uttered in front of their congregations. A section on cemeteries looks at bizarre, witty, and often brazenly frank tombstone inscriptions such as "He was so cold natured / Warm in life he was not. / Now it is believed he's very warm, / In a place where it's very hot!"—and, if possible, the people and stories behind them.

Between Heaven and Mirth

Between Heaven and Mirth
Author: James Martin
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2011-10-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0062098624

“Between Heaven and Mirth will make any reader smile. . . . Father Martin reminds us that happiness is the good God’s own goal for us.” —Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of New York From The Colbert Report’s “official chaplain” James Martin, SJ, author of the New York Times bestselling The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything, comes a revolutionary look at how joy, humor, and laughter can change our lives and save our spirits. A Jesuit priest with a busy media ministry, Martin understands the intersections between spirituality and daily life. In Between Heaven and Mirth, he uses scriptural passages, the lives of the saints, the spiritual teachings of other traditions, and his own personal reflections to show us why joy is the inevitable result of faith, because a healthy spirituality and a healthy sense of humor go hand-in-hand with God's great plan for humankind.

The Sacred Pulse

The Sacred Pulse
Author: April Fiet
Publisher: Broadleaf Books
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2021-12-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1506469094

Contemporary life is leaving us frazzled, overwhelmed, and out of sorts. Our life's rhythm is often borrowed from the pace of life around us. Humans have created such a loud, fast tempo of perfection and production that we often forget--if we ever knew it at all--the rhythms designed for our well-being. In The Sacred Pulse, pastor and author April Fiet invites us to examine the frantic patterns of our lives to reclaim the deeper, sacred pulses that pattern our days. Through stories, scripture, and practical guidance for daily living, she lays out twelve rhythms--including gardening, handcrafts, friendship, and holidays--that are both sustainable and sustaining. Everyday acts like mealtime and shopping, and sporadic rhythms like the occasional snow day: reclaiming these patterns can remind us of the holy movement of God in the world. In a world of hustle and bravado, silencing the noise takes practice. The Sacred Pulse shows us how to strip away all of the competing beats we have settled for so we can tap into the joyful, holy rhythms of life.

Discovering Humor in the Bible

Discovering Humor in the Bible
Author: Howard R. Macy
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2016-08-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1498292607

Some folks are surprised to find humor in the Bible; they don't think it has any. Others are embarrassed; they worry about being sacrilegious. Some laugh and don't tell anyone; others laugh out loud and share it with those around. However people respond, the Bible does, in fact, use humor. This book examines why it's there, why it matters, what it looks like, how to look for it, and what to do with it when you find it. The author's goal is to help people become better Bible readers, growing in both skill and insight. So the book doesn't just display a collection of museum pieces, showing the treasures of other explorers. Instead, it offers readers tools and field guides to become explorers discovering on their own. It's a fun how-to manual, dealing with what is routinely overlooked in teaching about biblical interpretation. Individuals will enjoy reading it, but it's also a rich resource for reading groups, Bible study groups, and classes.