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Wow……. don’t we miss a lot when we throw out history and liturgy.
Fascinating to see churches about the place celebrating Sunday May 1 as,”Holy Humour Sunday”.(“Risus Paschalis”-God’s Joke, The Easter Laugh). Check it out. Its a bit more than:
And who was the wisest financial investor in the Bible?
Noah who floated his stock while everyone else liquidated their assets.”
@ Start with “The Joyful Noiseletter” http://www.joyfulnoiseletter.com/hhsunday.asp
@ Bit of background:”Laughter Sunday”. http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermons/abc-laughtersunday.php
@ And even a “Museum of Humour”….’hundreds of sermons about joy, laughter,……. http://www.museumofhumor.com/sermons.htm
@ Even John Mark Ministries is into it:”Do we have right to be happy?” http://jmm.org.au/articles/2693.htm
@ And only the Yanks could run a “Christian Humor Hotline” http://www.angelfire.com/ca4/HumorHotline/
And finally take a walk thru Thom Shuman’s liturgy for “Holy Humor Sunday” http://www.lectionaryliturgies.blogspot.com/
“….May the God of love and ladybugs be with you.
And also with you
Children of joy,open your hearts to God
May God fill them with laughter,wonder and joy.
Heirs of pleasure and grace,sing songs of thanksgiving
With banjos and bagpipes,with snare drums and saxophones,
we will praise the One who is filled with laughter.” (Thom Shuman)
Alan Matheson
“As you go from this place,may the God of joy go with you.
May God open your eyes to humour in creation and in life;
filling your heart with joy,
your life with delight,
and your voice with laughter.
In the name of the Father,and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”.
(Frank Rothfuss).
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