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Holy Humor: If This is Church, Why are we Laughing?
by Richard J. Bauman   
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Category:  Humor
Publisher: CreateSpace

ISBN-10:  1451565577

Type: Non-Fiction

Pages: 130

Copyright: 
March 2010
ISBN-13: 9781451565577


A collection of jokes and humorous stories that have a religious tie-in.

What is Holy Humor? It is a book for those who enjoy a good laugh, and for those who enjoy retelling good jokes and stories. It's a book that shows religion, church, preaching and even the clergy can be fun and have a funny side, too.

In Holy Humor, the jokes, sayings and thoughts have a religious touch. The basis for almost all humor is fact, and many of the stories in this volume are funny incidents that really happened. The humor here, though, is light and fun. It isn’t heavy-handed and preaching, nor is it crude and repulsive.

The stories in Holy Humor can be enjoyed by anyone, told by anyone, to anyone without embarrassment. The jokes are ageless, and don’t require a deep knowledge of theology or the tenets of any denomination. All the reader needs to enjoy this book is a sense of humor, and the knowledge that jokes don't have to be offensive to be funny.
     


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The second-grade Sunday school teacher asked her class to make a Christmas drawing—the interior of the stable where Christ was born.
She looked over the various drawings, and she was satisfied that the children had grasped the story of Christ’s birth. In the drawings, she could easily see Joseph, Mary and the Baby Jesus, the animals and even the shepherds. But one child’s drawing had some items that mystified her.
She called the little girl to the front of the classroom, and quietly asked her what the extra items were in her drawing. “Oh, those,” replied the child, brightly, “that’s their TV set and that’s their microwave oven.”

The kindergarten Sunday school class was being prepared for a visit by the pastor the next Sunday. The teacher rehearsed and rehearsed the children. She told them that when the minister asked for somebody to tell him who made him, Billy was to stand up and say, “God made me, Reverend.” For that question, said the teacher, everybody else was to remain quiet.
When the pastor arrived in the classroom the next Sunday, sure enough he asked, “Can anyone tell me who made us?”
No one in the room said a word. A bit irritated, the pastor asked the question again. Still no one answered. Once more he asked the same question. A little girl hesitated, and then raised her hand. The pastor nodded at her and she said cheerfully, “The boy that God made is home sick with the mumps.”

The priest gave a beautiful sermon entitled “The Glory, the Beauty and the Sanctity of Motherhood.”
As they were leaving the church Mrs. Murray, the mother of seven, turned to Mrs. O’Hara, the mother of twelve, and declared, “Marvelous sermon, wasn’t it?”
“Yes it was,” replied Mrs. O’Hara, “and I really wish I knew as little about the subject as does that dear man.”



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