"POSTSCRIPT TO PART II"

"HUMOR AND JOY" SERIES, PART II B

“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine…” or

“A joyful heart is the health of the body…”

Prov. 17:22

In the last blog, we mentioned that humor was on the “short list” of what was allowed in church. At that time we said that we would not go into the long list of what was not usually acceptable practices in church, “although that might be fun”. But… this weekend produced an exception…

Over the 4^th of July I was dog-sitting and house sitting for my daughter. The house overlooked the riverfront area of downtown Cincinnati. My sister visiting from New Orleans and myself thoroughly enjoyed the fireworks over the Reds’ stadium and all around the additional panoramic river view—on both Friday and Saturday evenings. On Sunday morning we went to an old gothic church, which held their services in the (air conditioned) basement area that doubled as a reception room for weddings, etc.

Midway through the mass, at a very quiet time, Father’s primary assistant (adult male server or deacon) went silently up the stairs, behind the altar, across the back of the platform in front of the huge wall cross, and turned on a wall switch. Immediately, a few feet above our heads, a mirror ball came to life and began spinning, casting light in every direction, breaking the solemn mood. (Was this meant to be a glittery finale to the fourth of July weekend? Surely this festive nod to Independence Day must be a mistake…)

Meanwhile, with eyes cast down piously, the dignified deacon—making his return trip—failed to realize the effects of the light switch, and continued to walk quietly to his seat. He was still looking down, completely unaware, as suppressed laughter spread throughout the congregation. Amidst his own quiet chuckles, the first assisting (server or) deacon left the altar and finally succeeded—at first, unobtrusively, then finally, quite directly and repeatedly—in conveying to the other server/deacon what had happened. Smile was met with smile. The stately gentleman then made another slow, sauntering trip to the light switch. Dignity was restored. (The temptation to get up and dance had passed.)

Later this week we will launch into the third blog on “Humor”… but in a little more serious vein. (There will still be some jokes and anecdotes. I, too, am getting a bit addicted to them… But then, a “Humor Anonymous” group—should I ever need one—sounds very inviting to me. I’ll even start one if need be…) 

THE SERIES:

We started the series, "Humor and Joy" with: “PART I: WHY HUMOR?”

Next in the series was: “PART II: RELIGIOUSLY RIDICULOUS CHURCH JOKES”

After that was written, we came up with an unexpected P.S. to “Part II”....which you just 

read…

Following that, we take a sincere look at the differences in some related subjects: 

“PART III: JOY, HUMOR AND LAUGHTER”. You may be quite surprised! Each can 

have a very blessed place in our lives.

Then we focus on a subject that has great humor potential: “PART IV: LAUGHING IN 

RELATIONSHIPS”

The final part is: “PART V: AGING…” Tread lightly, but ENJOY!

This series is (for the most part, with some changes) derived from a series we did in the summer of 2015. It, too, was a series called, “HUMOR”, and was written and posted by Kathy Boh at trinitychurchsupply.com/blog