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 ...

(UNDATED) In 1988, the founder of the Fellowship of Merry Christians began urging churches to tell jokes and inject humor into their services on the Sunday after Easter. Cal Samra dubbed that day ...

Things were a little different at Opportunity Christian Church last Sunday. Smiley face balloons were everywhere, the sermon was delivered by a ventriloquist and the congregation rocked with laughter.

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 ...

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 ...

Some jokes from Holy Humor Sunday at Opportunity Christian Church: • The ship was sinking fast. The captain called out, “Anyone here know how to pray?” One man stepped forward; “I do, Captain.” “Good, ...

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 ...

— 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 ...