Fall
2013 Newsletter
Psalm
126:2 says, "Our mouths were filled with laughter; our tongues with songs
of joy. Then it was said among the nations, 'The Lord has done great things for
them.'"
Laughing
at Ourselves
By
John Ortberg, Senior Pastor of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church
I
was asked to write a piece about evangelicals and humor. It was supposed to be
funny. Which means it won't be. Robert Benchley, a wonderful humorist, once
wrote an essay explaining that nothing kills humor faster than attempts to
analyze it. His essay wasn't funny either. (read more)
Holy
Sarcasm? The Ethics of Humor
By
Dennis Hollinger, President of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
God
has created us with the capacity to laugh. Humor that evokes laughter helps to
relieve stress and is physiologically therapeutic. It helps us to not take
ourselves too seriously and reminds us of the finitude and falleness of all
human endeavors. But of course humor also has its dark side. And thus we need
ethical principles to guide us. (read more)
Humor
That Hurts
By
Leith Anderson, NAE President
Google
"hurtful humor" and your computer will offer 805,000 articles to
read. Want a few cruel examples of funny stuff that injures someone else? Well,
I won't give you any examples and please don't bother to look them up. (read more)
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