A humously perceptive post from Stephen Cherry here. The book that has been linked in at the end if this post is also a very good resource. We all get it. Some of us look for it. Some of us long for it. Many of us hate it. None of us know what to say... Continue Reading →
The mirth of believers
We live in a broken world, with astonishing levels of violence, rivalry and scapegoating. And only a fraction of it makes the news. But one of the most counter-intuitive resistances human beings can do, and should do, is to laugh. Laughter is what makes us human, and since we are all made in God’s image,... Continue Reading →
The incalculable gift of laughter
Below is a wonderful article about laughter, originally published in the Baptist Times. I nearly died laughing! Is there a specifically Christian view of laughter, asks Colin Sedgwick? I read something recently which reduced me to a state of helpless laughter. It was an article in the Church of England newspaper The Church Times (yes,... Continue Reading →
The most important thing I will ever say….
If you don't laugh at this you need help.....! If you preach then pay attention....! https://youtu.be/zgR5u2cy_AE
Pleasant Sensible Polite Christianity
Another Leunig classic from the really excellent Michael Leunig Appreciation Page on Facebook. Always a highlight when they come in.
Take Me To Your Leader
Another classic from the brilliant Michael Leunig...
Humanity Complexity
I love this (and almost all the cartoons) by the brilliant Australian cultural critic and cartoonist Michael Leunig. The diagram below looks like a normal day for me. How about you....?
A Calvinist arrives at St. Peter’s gates and sees that there are two queues going in. One is marked “predestined,” and the other is marked “free will.” Being the card-carrying Calvinist that he is, he strolls on over to the predestined queue. After several moments an angel asks him, “Why are you in this line?”... Continue Reading →