Education Week participants laugh at stories Lawrence R. Flake tells during his lecture on the place of humor in the Church. (Hannah Miner) Jokes about funeral potatoes and funny sayings on ...

With his knack for telling jokes, sometimes Waldrip would choose to be funny rather than politically correct.

Religious jokes and even pope jokes are welcome, Small said. But contestants must respect limits of decency. In other words, Small said, don’t submit a joke you wouldn’t tell in front of the pope.

Now, the former Church Street United Methodist Church pastor’s stories have gone from the pulpit to paper with the recent publication of his humor-focused book, “The Fun of Being Looney.” ...

First Presbyterian Church of Williamstown, 314 W. Fifth St., is celebrating this in a major way Sunday, when they celebrate Holy Humor Sunday with activities taking place at the church building ...

Through humor, Joyce makes his protagonist Bloom a sympathetic character the reader can root for. The book's humor springs from the author’s observations about the life of the church.

A Chicago-born cardinal walks into a conclave. The rest of the joke tells itself. In the breathless day since Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first American pontiff, the memes have piled up ...

Saturday Night Live brought back an iconic character for the cold open on this week's episode as Dana Carvey reprised his role as the Church Lady. Carvey's religious talk show sketch aired on the ...

Church history and doctrine professor Lawrence R. Flake discussed examples of humor throughout Church history and current events in a series of Education Week lectures.