2014-02-06T10:56:30-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/humor/ http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/12039?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter 2014-02-06T10:56:30-05:00 You may well have experienced a phone conference call as chaotic and fruitless as the one in this humor sketch from Tripp and Tyler. It presents a face-to-face meeting as if it were telephone conference, with all the downsides present and correct. http://faithgateway.com/laugh-its-good-for-you/ 2013-11-30T06:00:03-05:00 He will yet fill your mouth with laughing, and your lips with rejoicing. — Job 8:21 It was a great surprise to Scrooge… to hear a hearty laugh. It was a much greater surprise to Scrooge to recognise it as his own nephew’s and to find himself in a bright, dry, gleaming room, with the Spirit […] http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/11425 2013-08-14T11:36:38-05:00 Lessons here – and laughs – for any communicator in any medium. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/10676 2013-04-24T11:32:13-05:00 Many people still seem to feel that storytelling and humor are, if even used at all, minor elements to bolt onto the beginning or end of the 'real' message we are trying to communicate. In reality, these should be integral to all communication, embedded and inseparable. This applies equally whether it is evangelism, teaching, or advocating a nonprofit or ministry. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/9623 2012-11-05T11:56:57-05:00 I love the self-deprecating New Zealand humor, exemplified by comedy series such as Flight of the Conchords. Below is the new Air New Zealand safety video, in Middle Earth Hobbit mode. Priceless. But here's the thing. Have you ever paid much attention to a safety briefing? Did you remember it later? Probably not. But embed something in humor, and you gain instant attention, with high memorability and comprehension. Humor is biblical. Use it to communicate. Jesus did. Constantly. Creatively. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/7929 2012-04-20T10:46:08-05:00 John Cleese, creative writer, actor and comedian, has produced much memorable comedy. The classic TV series Fawlty Towers (1975-9) is widely regarded as one of the best television comedies of all time. It has dated little in nearly 40 years, and is available as a remastered DVD set. So you might think Cleese could teach us something about creativity – and you'd be right. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/7049 2012-03-05T11:50:58-05:00 In UK, we have a builders merchants called Travis Perkins. They are a great place to buy timber and other materials, and doubtless a business of the utmost probity, named after two companies that merged. But it is interesting to consider the hidden color, the resonance, in this name. No word exists in a vacuum. Words only have life because they create an image in our minds. And this image, different for each of us, will be an amalgam of our previous personal experience plus an overlay from our history and culture. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/7193 2012-02-25T09:44:18-05:00 History of church movements, from Trevin Wax's blog at Gospel Coalition. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/4786 2011-06-27T12:27:09-05:00 Just think about to how clueless we may have felt when we started online. And how much help we perhaps needed, as illustrated by Norwegian TV's 'The First Tech Support Call'. This is the best version (downloadable from YouTube) which includes the final punchline. Plus a free e-book for newcomers to the Web. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/4737 2011-06-18T07:46:36-05:00 Most humor makes a serious point. Having sent a couple of potentially important emails that were either quarantined for no apparent reason, or completely lost, the cartoon below has some truth.