Humor Us! Preaching and the Power of the Comic Spirit

book

by Alyce M. McKenzie, Owen Hanley Lynch. Westminster John Knox Press, 6/6/2023.

Description

This book provides a framework for Christian preachers to understand the use of comedy in preaching.

Features

Sections: The Gift of the Comic Spirit, The Sermon and the Comic Spirit, and The Preacher and the Comic Spirit; promotes humor; practical and specific ways to put humor to work in sermons

Recommended Audience

Preachers in the Christian Tradition

Cost

Purchase as a book or e-book

Practical Applications

Read to learn how to see comedy as an important part of exhortation and being.

Updated: February 15, 2024

About the Contributor

Matt Burke

Matt Burke is the director of the Northeast Center for Congregations in Fort Wayne and serves as the Center’s Education Director statewide. Matt has a background in classroom, digital and experiential education and most recently served as the associate director of Learning Science at Kaplan Test Prep. He is passionate about using education to develop deeper faith in congregational participants.

Matt earned a B.A. in Religion from Mount Vernon Nazarene University and a Masters of Divinity degree from Asbury Theological Seminary. He enjoys spending time with his wife, Kelly, and his two sons, Silas and Levi. Matt also loves storytelling in films, books and music and finding the intersections of faith and popular culture.

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