One of my favorite places on the web to find (unintentional) humor is The Christian Post. It is the quintessential source for “news” emerging from the evangelical circus. Here are a few of the headlines and stories they have run recently that have made me laugh, scratch my head, and/or say “What?!”: My favorite headline:Continue reading “Circus Notes from C.P.”
Category Archives: Laugh or else
Easter as “March Madness”
I won’t comment on this ad in our paper today for a local church Easter production. I should probably just start a “Groan or Else” category for things like this.
Even St. Patrick Struggles to Explain the Trinity
In honor of St. Patrick, we present this bit from Lutheran Satire that is not designed so much to be a knock on St. Patrick as on any attempt to use analogies to “explain” the Trinity. It’s also an overdue apology to Irish snake farmers. Good for a laugh — especially you’ve downed your thirdContinue reading “Even St. Patrick Struggles to Explain the Trinity”
Commentary by Jesus
From today’s Saturday Ramblings: Andy Stanley met with pastors at some pastors conference in Atlanta. He encouraged them to make their church services “appealing and engaging” in order to keep the customers, er, congregations coming back. Ok, this doesn’t surprise me. Disappoints me, yes. But it doesn’t surprise me. Yet here is the line that reallyContinue reading “Commentary by Jesus”
Talk Like a Human Being, Please
Oh my, this is funny. Being “post-evangelical” means moving away from a culture, and cultures have their languages, cliches, and insider ways of communicating. Conforming to these verbal standards marks one as an insider and makes others feel reassured that we’re all on the same team. But after awhile, it can sound so lame. AndContinue reading “Talk Like a Human Being, Please”
Vicarage Available!
The parishioners of St. Mary’s and St. Andrew’s in the Chelmsford Diocese of the Church of England have been having a hard time filling their pastoral vacancy. So they put together this short video describing the charms of their setting. Charming indeed!
Church Music Funnies
“Mixing Up the Church Music Warriors” Tim Liston, The Best Cartoons from Leadership Journal, Volume 3 Used by permission
A Few Baseball Laughs
Since baseball has come up in our conversations the past couple of days, I thought maybe we could lighten things up a little this afternoon with a few of my favorite baseball anecdotes and quotes. I’ll start with a personal favorite. When I was a young adult living in New England, Jon Miller became theContinue reading “A Few Baseball Laughs”
Jon Henry: Already Compromised: Moon Edition
Note from CM: Earlier this week I found this brilliant satirical piece by Jon Henry that exposes the kind of thinking that gets Christians in trouble with regard to Bible interpretation. Is it “biblical” to believe that the moon emits its own light? Read the following, and come to your own conclusion. * * *Continue reading “Jon Henry: Already Compromised: Moon Edition”
Signs you may have hit the wall…
You’ve been driving for work so much that you can’t see out the rear window of your car because of all the empty fast-food bags piled up in the back seat. You dream about work…in detail…every night. You are praying more and more passionately. But all your prayers are imprecations aimed at other drivers around you.Continue reading “Signs you may have hit the wall…”
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