Is humor a way to practice the Christian faith?
I once saw a wonderful drawing of Jesus laughing. It didn’t reflect any passage in the Gospels, but it did ring true. If Jesus was indeed fully human, then he surely shared humankind’s need for laughter. The Gospels tend to be serious, sometimes tragic. Christian community, on the other hand, tends to include humor of all sorts. That seems appropriate and necessary, as long as we don’t resort to mockery of others or escapist laughter than cannot bear the pain.
