Holy humor, Christians! It's Bright Sunday today-anyone laugh in church? Over a month ago, Rev. Howard Gleason, a friend of mine and a retired pastor who worships at our congregation, passed along an ...

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 ...

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 ...

After weeks of the somberness of Lent, the Easter season brings a return to celebration and joy. For some churches of varying denominations, the Sunday after Easter is Holy Humor Sunday, an effort to ...

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 ...

— 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 ...

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 ...

EAST MOLINE -- Ever wonder how many Presbyterians it takes to change a light bulb. Head over to First Presbyterian Church, at 777 25th Ave., East Moline, Sunday and let the Rev. Rebecca Sherwood tell ...