I’ve always loved to laugh. I seem to be able to see the funny in almost any situation, and I’m a huge fan of a well-crafted, clever joke. Of course, one-liners and puns are pretty awesome too - Have you heard the one about? But I digress… If I give it much thought, it seems a little strange that God created us with the ability to laugh. I mean, it seems like laughing is just a bonus in life. Laughter doesn’t give us sustenance or protect us or provide for our needs. We

I love to laugh at funny ways kids get things mixed up, especially when it comes to things related to church. For instance, there are lists of examples of ways kids have misspoken the Lord’s Prayer over the years… * One Preschooler from Uniontown Ohio used to start off the prayer with, "Our Father, who art in Heaven, how didja know my name?" * Another youngster thought God’s name was Harold… “Our Father, who art in Heaven. Harold be Your name...” * A elementary school boy t

2 Peter 1:3 - His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Three years ago I bought a stick... It wasn’t just any stick. It was supposed to be a sapling, a starter tree that would become a huge weeping willow. Our yard in the back stays pretty wet, and we had just a lost a tree in a storm, and this sapling cost just a couple bucks from the ‘Arbor Day Foundation,’ so we hit the bu