Who could possibly be dumber than Farrelly Brothers fools? Why, the idol-makers of Isaiah 44 of course! Dumbest!
Read MoreDumb and Dumber!
Satire
What Kind of Fool Am I?
Thoughts on the rich fool Jesus so humorously depicts in Luke 12. Let’s play!
Read MoreThe DiSC® of Christ!
in comedy of the Bible, Corinthians, Fun, Jesus, Satire, St. Paul
Paul’s arresting and amusing “Body of Christ” imagery in 1 Corinthians 12 inspires a similarly arresting and amusing introduction to the “DiSC” personality assessment tool. (It also gave me a great opportunity to show off some of my favorite furnishings from my home!)
Read MoreThoughts for September 14....
We have lived through the shock and horror of September 11, the gracious coming together of September 12, the “new normal” of September 13…. Where do we go from here? Let’s see what a comic lens on scripture might suggest….
Read MoreMan-Cave!
in "Road" comedy, Bible, comedy of the Bible, Exodus, God, Fool, Irony, Moses, Satire
Despite the fact that the Bible takes place in an always-patriarchal world and commands allegiance to a singular, male god, it's hardly a pro-male text. In fact, so many of the men in the bible (Mr. God included) are fickle bumblers exhibiting traits typically ascribed to wives, slaves. and jesters!
Read MorePaul's Super-Sharp Humor and "The Nashville Statement"
"Slacktivist" Fred Clark's blog "The Ugly Ingratitude of 'The Nashville Statement' is presented here in full. Here we witness great discussion and use of Paul's cutting (ha ha ha!) in Galatians 5:12, among other important things (ha ha ha ha!).
Read More"Laughter for a Change!" A Report from This Summer's Wild Goose Festival
Here's what happened when Rev. "Laughing Laura" Gentry and I did our thing for a workshop at Wild Goose 2017 (a "Christian Woodstock" of sorts held in Hot Springs NC in early July). Soooo fun. Theologically relevant, too!
Read MoreTough Love
There has been a lot of very controversial, dark political satire either entertaining or repulsing audiences these days. But maybe nothing is as awful (or as smartly clever?) as what the prophet Hosea did when naming his children.
Read MoreInderisible!
Humor is emerging as a major tool for resistance and transformation in the current political maelstrom. This isn't new. Jesus even shows his disciples how!
Read MoreBlack (Comedy) Widow....
"Morbid humor" is very popular these days. It was very popular in biblical times, too, especially in the gospels. For example, that ha ha! funny story of the widow with the two mites....
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