Jim Andersen's Reviews > Between Heaven and Mirth: Why Joy, Humor, and Laughter Are at the Heart of the Spiritual Life
Between Heaven and Mirth: Why Joy, Humor, and Laughter Are at the Heart of the Spiritual Life
by James J. Martin
by James J. Martin
Jim Andersen's review
bookshelves: christianity, health, psychology, theology
Nov 25, 11
bookshelves: christianity, health, psychology, theology
Read in November, 2011
This book is a wonderful antithesis to the popular conception that Religion and Spirituality is a boring, stuffy, and serious path in life. It does not seek to undermine the importance of suffering, but it balances out the reality of suffering with a good dose of humor that the author draws up from historical, theological and personal backgrounds. The book comes armed with many of its own funny jokes and humor is shown to be part on the road to Truth. If I could summarize this book in one sentence it would be expressed in the form of an intuition I've always had and this book confirmed namely that:
The God of the Holy Trinity being a Personal Reality, seeks to relate with you in the same manner that you would relate with others, the only difference is that our perception of God is indirect, whereas with others is direct, yet this does not discount the fact that God desire to share in the Good Times and Bad Times that you encounter.
The God of the Holy Trinity being a Personal Reality, seeks to relate with you in the same manner that you would relate with others, the only difference is that our perception of God is indirect, whereas with others is direct, yet this does not discount the fact that God desire to share in the Good Times and Bad Times that you encounter.
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