laughter on War

God–Father, Son and Holy Spirit; Lord of all our yesterdays, todays and tomorrows: thank you that we don’t need to be afraid of what’s coming because you’re already there ahead of us. Nothing takes yo...

Laughter and tears are the warp and woof of life. If you leave them out of preaching, you are leaving out life itself.

The Power (and Peril) of Words One time, I lied to the elders. (That’s another story except to say that they were blinded by trust.) It wasn’t a big lie—I said I’d done something I hadn’t—but I reali...

The years continue to pass and Sarah still does not conceive, but one day God speaks to Abraham and reassures him that, despite her great age, she will bear a son. And, sure enough, it happens. I once...

Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.

"When you come out of the storm you won’t be the same person that walked in. That’s what the storm is all about."

A tear today is an investment in a laugh tomorrow.

Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand.

I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me to be the most civilized music in the world.

Laughter means nothing unless there have been tears.

A good laugh is a mighty good thing, a rather too scarce a good thing.

Leader: Come, and worship the Lord, who fills mouths with laughter and tongues with shouts of joy. People: The Lord has done great things for us, and so we rejoice. Leader: May those who sow in te...

Prepare for mirth, for mirth becomes a feast.

Father – God of Joy and Hope; Wonderful Lord and Spirit of delight and wonder: You invite us to come to you with thanksgiving and joy, laughter and quiet awe. Your arms of welcome are out wide. So we ...

A good laugh heals a lot of hurts.

Because humor brings us back to earth, it helps us to use well what is left to us even when we are keenly aware of what we have lost or been denied. Only those who know how to weep can also laugh hear...

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.

It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should fall down. Why do we laugh? Because it is a gravely religious matter: it is the Fall of Man. Only man can be absurd: for onl...

Laugh till you weep. Weep till there's nothing left but to laugh at your weeping. In the end it's all one.

As we wait, it is critical that we keep our sense of humor in the fullest meaning of that word. When laughter goes, so does hope. When God reaffirms his promise to Abraham and Sarah, he restores not o...

Loving God—who’s with us always and everywhere; who knows all our hurts and sorrows, our joys and celebrations ...and goes through them with us: Thank you for the hope we have in you—nothing is imposs...

Prayer of Adoration Father: You know us and love us from eternity. Jesus: You love us enough to die for us and be rise again to give us eternal life. Spirit: You pour out love to us every day, in...

[On living in a concentration camp] I never would have made it if I could not have laughed. It lifted me momentarily out of this horrible situation, just enough to make it livable.

You have as much laughter as you have faith.

Laughter is the most beautiful and beneficial therapy God ever granted humanity.

Laughter should dimple the cheek, not furrow the brow. A jest should be such that all shall be able to join in the laugh which it occasions; but if it bears hard upon one of the company, like the crac...

Mirth is like a flash of lightning that breaks through a gloom of clouds and glitter for the moment. Cheerfulness keeps up daylight in the mind, filling it with steady and perpetual serenity.

The mouth filled with real laughter…is an image representing the end of days, the overcoming of separateness and closure. In this world, it remains a mere possibility that constantly destroys itself.

Humor is, in fact, a prelude to faith; and laughter is the beginning of prayer.

Solitude is rich but seldom hilarious.