Category: humour
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A Theology of Humour (part 3)
This is the third (and in my view the weakest) part of the dissertation. Having established what humour and a sense of it is; and (I hope) that God has a sense of humour and is the source of humour; this section attempts to apply some of that to life in church… A Theology of…
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A Theology of Humour (part 2)
This is the second instalment of my degree dissertation from 25 years ago. If you have skipped through yesterday’s bloggage your legs must be quite tired by now (teehee). You may find it helpful to look back at yesterday’s bloggerel before reading today’s just because that’s how the dissertation was written. However, that’s up to…
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A Theology of Humour (part 1)
Just over 25 years ago I submitted my degree dissertation about God’s sense of humour. By way of marking that I have decided that I will release it into the wild by posting it in instalments on my blog. Please bear in mind that this is an undergraduate dissertation – if I was to write…
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Britannia may not rule the waves, but we can still raise a smile
In previous years I have written reflections for Easter Week. This year I have something planned for Maundy Thursday, but as I am about to start a week’s leave and I try not to switch on my computer during times of leave in case I am tempted to work, I won’t be doing a series…
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of frogs, humour, magic tricks and the Bible
When I was at Bible College I wrote a dissertation: A Theology of humour – a serious look at the lighter side of God. I came across this quotation in my research about the nature of humour from EB White: “Humor (sic) can be dissected, as a frog can, but the thing dies in the…
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Unexpected blessing
Today I was blessed by a friend. I was blessed by their friendship and trust in me. And I was blessed because they told me that they read my bloggages. And I was blessed because they said that they had read this morning’s and it reminded them of some artwork they had. And I was…
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I have added a new page on the blog (in the top bar): “Does God have a sense of humour?” It is basically there to host my degree dissertation from 1993: “A Theology of Humour – a serious look at the lighter side of God.” It all came about because in my first year at…
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FYA
(For your amusement) From ‘Pass the Port’ – my recently acquired book of after-dinner stories: On the occasion I when I made my last speech a young lady came up to me and said: “I enjoyed your speech sumptuously.” “Thank you very much.” She went on: “You ought to have your speeches published.” In as…
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The bloggage where the title is longer than the bloggerel contained within it
I feel the need for levity and brevity Tee hee
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