Comments on: On Lightening Up a Wee Bit

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 05:05:12 +0000

Are the Church of Christ the only people going to Heaven?
When you said above “There was a reason why people thought we were the only ones going to Heaven”,leaves me wondering…are you or not? Thanks… Von, Alabama Girl

By: Terry

Terry — Wed, 17 May 2006 17:54:14 +0000

I remember back in the 70′s my best friend had 3 children and so did I. One day we were in the kitchen sharing a cup of tea and we heard her daughter singing “Our God who sits up in a tree”. We laughed till we cried. A short time later we heard my daughter joyfully singing “I may never shoot the ole Hillery, but I’m in the Lord’s army.” My other daughters name was Hillery.

By: Jana

Jana — Tue, 16 May 2006 18:00:13 +0000

How the heck do people get through life without laughing at themselves?!? I don’t get it.

By: Bobby Rozzell

Bobby Rozzell — Fri, 12 May 2006 04:41:41 +0000

A great (?) video to view back to back with “Mike Cope Sings the Classics” is “Baby Got Book” at this address http://www.whiteboydj.com/babygotbook.html

By: LBC

LBC — Thu, 11 May 2006 23:30:12 +0000

My grandmother had an uncle who did hand motions to “When the Roll is Called up Yonder I’ll Be There”. He pointed up during “yonder” and pointed down during “I’ll be there”. I never saw him do it but I can just imagine her giggling during church. She also had a dear friend who sang “Concentrate me now to thy service Lord” instead of “consecrate” (I am Thine O Lord, verse 2). I can’t sing that song without thinking about that. Maybe she had it right–we need to concentrate on serving the Lord more, don’t we?

I’m glad God included some humor in my heritage.

By: Leanne

Leanne — Thu, 11 May 2006 14:18:43 +0000

My husband and I are clowns and we have a rule between us: we each make fun only of ourself not one another. That seems to work well and keeps us from intentionally or unintentionally hurting or offending our spouse or another person. Also, we make it a point to laugh WITH instead of laugh AT others. Just our one cent from a couple of clowns…

By: Calvin (G'ampa C)

Calvin (G'ampa C) — Thu, 11 May 2006 03:19:20 +0000

When we challenge our quirks and laugh at our past dogmas, I believe these are done with no ill intentions. If, in voicing our humor and having a little fun, our audience contains someone who holds to those dogmas as important and real and part of truth, we are almost certain to offend. If we offend, intended or not, do we owe the person who is offended anything? Is there any blame on our part? Was Jesus calling US to leave our gifts at the altar? Maybe so.
It’s so hard to place ourselves in other’s shoes. In many facets of my faith, I do not believe as I did 30 years ago. Am I stronger now? I hope so. Am I more saved now? Hmmm. I thought I was standing in the right then, I think I am standing in the right now….. but when I think that, I should probably grab on to something…

By: David

David — Wed, 10 May 2006 18:54:20 +0000

Years ago, the Highland Oaks Church in Dallas had phenomenal Sunday night services. The congregation would do a lot of singing before Gary Beauchamp would preach. It was a much more laid back service than Sunday Morning.

James Kendrick was leading singing, and announced the number for the next song. Before he could get the words out of his mouth, one of the security men rushed in and told the congregation that a tornado had just been spotted in our area and to please move under the balcony. Everyone moved to the back of the auditorium under the balcony, settled down, and James then opened to the song he had just announced. Everybody began laughing uncontrollably. The next song was, “I’ll Fly Away.”

By: Tina

Tina — Wed, 10 May 2006 18:21:20 +0000

One time during college, we were singing “The Glory-Land Way” during service (I can’t remember if it was a Sunday evening or a Wednesday evening).

Anyway, we were all singing the third verse, and this is how it sounded:

“Onward I go, rejoicing in his love,” (ah-choo)

For the rest of the song, I stood there, holding in laughter and not quite succeeding, because that was the most perfectly timed sneeze I’d ever heard in my life!

I still can’t sing “The Glory-Land Way” without thinking of that sneeze.

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 10 May 2006 16:18:40 +0000

Some people think that if we laugh at “religious inferences” it makes us less reverent. I find it sad that the lady who set on the edge of her seat after the video waiting her opportunity to pounce on you, obviously “stewed” throughout your wonderful discussion on how we should never forget that our baptism signifies that we bought into the wonderful story of Jesus. I’m sure she thanked you for that wonderful blessing, huh. Thanks for blessing us all week, Mike. Preach on.
Keith

By: Joel Maners

Joel Maners — Wed, 10 May 2006 13:21:37 +0000

In the book Father Joe, author Tony Hendra speaks of the power of satire. He tries to explain to his mentor, a Catholic priest, why so much of his work as a satirist centers on the church. He says, “We satirize that which we hold sacred.” Then he reflects to himself, “…what we once hold sacred, but do so no longer.” Perhaps folks get bent out of shape because we sometimes do the same thing. We satirize what we once held sacred, while they still hold those things as sacred.

By: Bonnie Anderson

Bonnie Anderson — Wed, 10 May 2006 12:22:40 +0000

I just stumbled onthis site yesterday and had to throw in my experiences on laughter in the coC. I come from a long line of preachers…who have giggled and laughed through the years at many funny things said and done in church, but never in ridicule of someone’s faith. I think that is the key. My mom and I barely got through one sermon when my dad said “we sorrow not as those who have no soap”…knowing my dad’s obsession with buying soap when it was on sale!
One of my greatest compliments came from a girl while I was attending a Christian college over 30 years ago….at the end of the year she thanked me for teaching her that is was okay to be a member of the church and to laugh.

By: David

David — Wed, 10 May 2006 11:50:21 +0000

When I read your title, I thought I was going to read about a Abilene thunderstorm.

By: Buddy

Buddy — Wed, 10 May 2006 06:41:15 +0000

Maybe I missed it somewhere in the blog, did someone mention “Are you ready for the king dumb brother? That was always a favorite song of mine. Made me laugh every time once someone emphasized kingdom in a new way fo me.

By: Joel Maners

Joel Maners — Wed, 10 May 2006 05:46:36 +0000

BTW, I’m surprised that no one has mentioned the King of the Hill spoof of the mega-church movement. I posted the clip on my we site. It’s VERY funny! Check it out.