Friday, June 11, 2010

"God Don't Think Stuff's Funny!"

The title of this blog comes from a vague memory I have of seeing the Blue Collar Comedy Tour on DVD. I think that was Bill Engvall talking.

Anyway, I came across this article on Faith & Leadership, written by Kavin Rowe. It's called "Humor as a mark of life-giving leadership." The first Bible verse Rowe quotes cracked me up:

“Paul talked with them,” writes Luke, and “prolonged his speech until midnight. ... A young man named Eutychus was sitting in the window. He sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on and on; and being overcome by sleep, Eutychus fell down from
the third story and was taken up dead” (Acts 20:7-9).

OK that is FUNNY. And I do think humor is an important part of the life of faith. Not just bad jokes that your pastor (er, my grandfather?) tells in the pulpit, but being able to acknowledge that some of what we believe is pretty ridiculous. I can be a little more irreverent than some people would like at times--one of my favorite movies is Monty Python's Life of Brian, and I was genuinely disappointed when my undergraduate
New Testament professor, Mark Goodacre, told me he had considered showing this video in class but thought better of it. (That's Eddie Izzard, who I always describe as "my favorite British transvestite comedian.") (WARNING: Strong language.)



Anyway. I sure hope God has a sense of humor, or else I'm screwed. :)

On a side note (or the same note):

1 comments:

Leigh Edwards said...

yessssssssssssss. Kavin Rowe.

Friday, June 11, 2010

"God Don't Think Stuff's Funny!"

The title of this blog comes from a vague memory I have of seeing the Blue Collar Comedy Tour on DVD. I think that was Bill Engvall talking.

Anyway, I came across this article on Faith & Leadership, written by Kavin Rowe. It's called "Humor as a mark of life-giving leadership." The first Bible verse Rowe quotes cracked me up:

“Paul talked with them,” writes Luke, and “prolonged his speech until midnight. ... A young man named Eutychus was sitting in the window. He sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on and on; and being overcome by sleep, Eutychus fell down from
the third story and was taken up dead” (Acts 20:7-9).

OK that is FUNNY. And I do think humor is an important part of the life of faith. Not just bad jokes that your pastor (er, my grandfather?) tells in the pulpit, but being able to acknowledge that some of what we believe is pretty ridiculous. I can be a little more irreverent than some people would like at times--one of my favorite movies is Monty Python's Life of Brian, and I was genuinely disappointed when my undergraduate
New Testament professor, Mark Goodacre, told me he had considered showing this video in class but thought better of it. (That's Eddie Izzard, who I always describe as "my favorite British transvestite comedian.") (WARNING: Strong language.)



Anyway. I sure hope God has a sense of humor, or else I'm screwed. :)

On a side note (or the same note):

1 comments:

Leigh Edwards said...

yessssssssssssss. Kavin Rowe.

 

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