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Churches should make people laugh more often

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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