Sunday Funnies: August 7

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Another installment from my dad’s humor cards.

The backstory: My dad was a Presbyterian pastor for 40 years. He kept a well curated stack of humor cards – little stories or observations that he typed onto 5×7 cards. Then he wrote in the margins when he used that particular item. His humor was often an easy way to settle in to something deeper – by laughing and thinking about the buried truth in these little nuggets, it paved the way to an open heart.

When we cleaned out his desk after he died 7 years ago, I was lucky enough to stumble on this stack. I pull it out regularly to have a little laugh with my dear Dad. Now when I post one of them, I write my note next to his and it feels like a continuation.

Funny How

Funny how a $10 bill looks so big when you take it to church, but so small when you take it to the market.

Funny how we get thrilled when a football game goes into overtime, but we complain when a sermon is longer than the regular time.

Funny how we believe what newspapers say, but question what the Bible says.

Funny how people scramble to get a front seat at any game, but scramble to get a back seat at a church service.

Funny how we can’t think of anything to say when we pray, and don’t have any difficulty thinking of things to talk about to a friend.

Funny how we are so quick to take direction from a total stranger when we are lost, but are hesitant to take God’s direction to be found.

Funny how people are so consumed with what others think about them rather than what God thinks about them.

Funny how so many churchgoers sing “Standing on the Promises,” but all they do is sit on the premises.

Funny how people think that they can get more accomplished in a lifetime without God than in an hour with him.

Funny how everyone wants to go to heaven provided they don’t have to believe, or to think, or to say, or to do anything.

Funny, isn’t it?

32 thoughts on “Sunday Funnies: August 7”

    1. What an astute comment. Yes – but he’d always deliver it with a twinkle in his eyes. I skipped over this one many times because I wasn’t sure it could be delivered without his personal energy. Then I thought it was worth risking. Thanks for the insightful comment, Dr. Stein.

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    2. Thank you, indeed! Einstein used a similar to your father “funny” explanation for relativity: when you’re sitting in a lecture hall, an hour can seem like a day, but when you’re sitting next to a pretty girl, an hour can seem like a minute 🙂

      Great minds!

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  7. My dad is a preacher and often uses humor as well. These are so fun – love you sharing them! Happy Sunday! 🤍

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