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When the Laughter Dies

16 May 2019 By David Trounce 1 Comment

The End of Joy - sermo humilis

The joy of the Lord is our strength; and laughter, as the wise man said, is the best medicine. This may go a long way to explaining why western culture has become so weak and sick. In his book, A Study of History, Historian Arnold Toynbee studied 28 great civilizations … [Read more...] about When the Laughter Dies

Filed Under: Just a Thought Tagged With: Gospel, Laughter, Tragedy

Feasting with Laughter

28 January 2019 By David Trounce Leave a Comment

Feast for Laughter - sermo humilis

The hospitality of encouraging words does not always have to be grey or dull. Take communion as but one example of the many feasts we celebrate. What does the Lord's supper look like in your church? Are the faces of the people as stale as the bread sometimes is? Solomon once … [Read more...] about Feasting with Laughter

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Eating, Laughter, Wine

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Thor's Oak

Around 723 AD, a missionary named Boniface entered Hesse in Germany. Upon finding a sacred tree named Thor’s Oak, he took an axe to it, cut it down and built a church. Many in the town, believing that the God of Boniface must be greater than Thor, left their paganism behind converted to Christianity.