Five preachers, a rabbi and an imam walked into a local church. Sounds like the beginning of a well-worn joke, right? This was no gag, though. The spiritual leaders who recently gathered at Crossings ...

WILLIAMSTOWN — As the saying goes, if you want to make God laugh, make plans! However, we also know that life with God is not meant to be only somber and serious, and so God is not the only one ...

“What are you drawing?” the teacher asked. “I’m drawing God,” the girl said. “But no one knows what God looks like!” the teacher said. Without looking up, the girl replied, “They will in a minute!” I ...

Periodically, this time of the year, I write a column about the Second Sunday in the Easter season. Also known as “Bright” or “Laughter” Sunday, its observance goes back to the days of the early ...

Pastor Howard Boles once used a deleted movie scene from the Monty Python troupe on Biblical shepherds in their fields as part of a sermon message. In the clip, as herdsmen are engrossed in passionate ...

As the Rev. Thomas Goodhue began his homily, the choir members at his Bay Shore church pulled out newspapers and held them in front of their faces as they read -- seemingly bored to death. Another ...

CHINA GROVE — South China Grove United Methodist Church celebrated Holy Humor Sunday on April 12. Holy Humor Sunday is the time Christians laugh at the devil because Christ won and the devil lost when ...

— First United Methodist Church of Glassboro, Academy and New streets, Holy Humor Sunday returns at the 8:30 and 11 a.m. services. In 1990, artist Jack Jewell painted a portrait of Jesus laughing. It ...