laughter Archives

Heard any good jokes lately? Early Christians customarily celebrated Easter with joy, laughter and lots of jokes. Someone once said that humor is our response to seeing the proud lord of death step on a banana peel. That proud lord of death (Satan) thought he

2011 Archives

OPINION: Looking for laughter after 9/11

August 29, 2011

author: Jennifer Harris

It’s coming. The sun’s daily rise and set prompts the inexorable turn of calendar pages and guarantees it. This Sept. 11 marks 10 years since the day the world stood still as 19 terrorists commandeered four huge jets and flew them into New York

2011 Archives

CBF marks anniversary with laughter, hope

June 23, 2011

author: Administrator

The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship looked back in laughter and forward in hope at a celebration banquet marking its 20th anniversary June 22.

2010 Archives

Laughter is the holiest medicine

March 31, 2010

author: Administrator

The Christian faith has a powerful joke — Easter. Early church theologians proclaimed that it represented "God's supreme joke played on death" and used the phrase Risus paschalis, "the Easter laugh." Over the centuries, the week after Easter became associated with "days of joy and

2010 Archives

Laughter is the best medicine — except when it’s a bitter pill to swallow

March 25, 2010

author: Administrator

Something that strikes one person as funny—even something heard at church—may seem inappropriate to another. How can believers strike a balance as they use humor and laughter in ministry?

2008 Archives

Laughter and aging

October 1, 2008

author: Ken Satterfield

By Frank Fain “Even the gods love jokes.” — Plato In 1976 the New England Journal of Medicine published an article by Norman Cousins on the benefits of humor and laughter in the healing process.

Easter laughter

OPINION: Looking for laughter after 9/11

CBF marks anniversary with laughter, hope

Laughter is the holiest medicine

Laughter is the best medicine — except when it’s a bitter pill to swallow

Laughter and aging

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