Churches should make people laugh more often

Monday, November 29th, 2021

Standup comics hunt for laughter, not applause. A laugh is involuntary; clapping is not.

The element of surprise – to which a laugh is a reaction – takes us beyond our sets of ideologies and expectations.—And this is a vital part of what churches are called to do. The lack of it partially explains why they so often fail.

Maybe churches should learn a lesson from the comics. Read more (scroll down)

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