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Good Humor: Church Jokes

The Best Church and Church People Jokes and Cartoons from The Joyful Noiseletter

By: Cal Samra,Rose Samra

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Good Humor: Church Jokes

The Best Church and Church People Jokes and Cartoons from The Joyful Noiseletter

By: Cal Samra,Rose Samra

Church—and church people—provide endless material for laughter, and this collection of humor, drawn from the files of The Joyful Noiseletter, is sure to please. Scores of jokes and humorous stories, all relating to the hilarious things that happen when God’s people get together, are categorized into chapters and accompanied by the cartoons of talented Christian artists—including Bil Keane and his Family Circus. Maybe you’ll see someone you know (even yourself) in this hilarious collection. Read it yourself, or give it as a gift to fellow church members. Good Humor: Church Jokes is a sure-fire way to relieve the stress of daily life.

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Barbour Publishing

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1607428164

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9781607428169

Good Humor: God's Kids Say the Funniest Things

The Best Jokes and Cartoons from The Joyful Noiseletter

By: Cal Samra,Rose Samra

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Good Humor: God's Kids Say the Funniest Things

The Best Jokes and Cartoons from The Joyful Noiseletter

By: Cal Samra,Rose Samra

Kids provide endless material for laughter—and this collection of humor, drawn from the files of The Joyful Noiseletter, is sure to please. Scores of jokes and humorous stories, all relating to the hilarious things kids say and do, are categorized into chapters and accompanied by the cartoons of talented Christian artists. Maybe you’ll see someone you know—even your own family—in this hilarious collection of young’un yuks. Read it with your kids, or give it as a gift to other parents or grandparents. Good Humor: God's Kids Say the Funniest Things is a sure-fire way to relieve the stress of daily life.

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Barbour Publishing

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160742620X

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9781607426202

More Holy Hilarity

Inspirational Wit and Cartoons

By: Cal Samra,Rose Samra

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More Holy Hilarity

Inspirational Wit and Cartoons

By: Cal Samra,Rose Samra

Effectively disproving any notion that Christians are relentlessly dour, melancholy, humorless, and joyless, these books from Cal and Rose Samra offer a rib-tickling treasury of Christian joy and humor. They're as ideally suited to individuals and families looking for a laugh as they are to pastors, speakers, and all those who seek to spice up their presentations - and their lives - with a few power-packed moments of Holy Humor. For more than a decade, the interdenominational Fellowship of Merry Christians has been publishing The Joyful Noiseletter, an award-winning newsletter filled with church life humor by some of the world's top comedians, humorists, clowns, and cartoonists. Now, the most snicker-spurring and laughter-inciting of these comical contributions are available in four uproarious trade paperback collections and four mini-giftbooks! Featuring cartoons by such gifted cartoonists as Bil Keane, creator of The Family Circus, and Johnny Hart, creator of B.C., these collections by editors Cal and Rose Samra are a virtual treasury of good, clean, inspirational humor. Within the pages of each book, readers will find enough knee-slapping jokes, uplifting anecdotes, zingy one-liners, joyful Scripture references, inspiring stories, top ten lists, clean limericks, church cartoons, real-life "uh-ohs," bulletin bloopers, and "jestimonials" from pastors, health professionals, chaplains, and patients to make them laugh from start to finish! Conveniently arranged by topic or month for easy use, each book is ideal for pastors, teachers, public speakers, and all who seek to fill their lives with God-inspired joy and holy laughter, to help them face the challenges of life.

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226

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Waterbrook Press

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1578562821

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9781578562824

More Holy Humor

Inspirational Wit and Cartoons

By: Cal Samra,Rose Samra

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Inspirational Wit and Cartoons

By: Cal Samra,Rose Samra

For more than a decade, the interdenominational Fellowship of Merry Christians has been publishing The Joyful Noiseletter, an award-winning newsletter filled with church life humor. Sure to add zest and fun to any speech or sermon.

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210

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WaterBrook Press

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ISBN 10

1578562805

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9781578562800

Holy Hilarity

Inspirational Wit and Cartoons

By: Cal Samra,Rose Samra

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Holy Hilarity

Inspirational Wit and Cartoons

By: Cal Samra,Rose Samra

From the best of The joyful noiseletter."--Cover.

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Waterbrook Press

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1578562813

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9781578562817

Mirth for the Millennium

Inspirational Wit and Cartoons

By: Cal Samra,Rose Samra

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Inspirational Wit and Cartoons

By: Cal Samra,Rose Samra

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132

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WaterBrook Press

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157856283X

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9781578562831

In Pursuit of Health and Longevity

Wellness Pioneers Through the Centures

By: Cal Samra

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In Pursuit of Health and Longevity

Wellness Pioneers Through the Centures

By: Cal Samra

For the past 34 years, best-selling author Cal Samra, age 87, has been the editor of a national humor newsletter called The Joyful Noiseletterdirected mainly to churches and health professionals. Health, physical fitness, and longevity have been the author's longstanding interests during his years as an Associated Press and newspaper reporter, and as the lay executive director of the Huxley Institute for Biosocial Research, a medical research foundation. But he says he owes his health and longevity to the teachings of the many health pioneers, from long-ago centuries to the present, who are featured in this book. For the book, this award-winning health and humor historian researched and treaded into the history and teachings of many health pioneers down through the centuries: religious figures of all faith traditions, medical doctors, nurses, health professionals, counselors, agnostic philosophers, bodybuilders, professional athletes, dietitians, and nutritionists, and rediscovered their admonitions on health and longevity which have long since been forgotten or ignored. Starting with the Hebrew prophet Daniel (circa 620 B.C.), he then proceeded down through the centuries to Jesus, the third-century Greek physicians, the Franciscans, John Wesley, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ellen White, Sojourner Truth, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, the Hindu Swami Vivekanada, Teddy Roosevelt, George Bernard Shaw, Catherine Doherty, Linus Pauling, Jack LaLanne, Dr. Donald L. Cooper, M.D., Dr. Rex Russell, M.D., Patch Adams, M.D., Dr. Mehmet Oz, M.D., Etta Dale Hornsteiner, professional athletes like Tom Brady, and Serena and Venus Williams, Bob Hope, and many others. All of them were extraordinary men and women from numerous faith and philosophical traditions. They were Jewish, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, Hindu, Buddhist, Moslem, and agnostic, African-Americans, Native Americans, and Mexican Americans. Many were immigrants or the children of immigrants. Some were conservatives and some were liberals, but they all had a zest for life and a meeting of minds on living a healthy lifestyle. It is amazing how much they agreed upon. Many of these men and women regarded themselves, or were regarded, as health reformers. Their basic advice on living a healthy lifestyle was generally the same: eat fresh, natural, nutritional foods in moderation, exercise your body regularly, get sufficient sleep, keep your faith and your sense of humor, and strive to be a loving, caring, giving and forgiving person. The focus of all these health reformers was living a healthy lifestyle. Many of these health pioneers were ignorant of the work and views of their predecessors, or chose to ignore them. It is altogether human to be reluctant to give credit to individuals outside one's own faith or philosophical tradition. But ironically, some of the research of modern science is confirming the views of these prophetic health pioneers. This book is the first book to attempt to trace the history of health pioneers, both religious and secular, down through the centuries, and to introduce them to readers. It is indexed and designed to be a resource book for medical doctors, nurses, chaplains, pastors, counselors, nutritionists, physical therapists, body-buildings, editors, comedians, clowns and anyone wishing to live a healthier and longer life. Samra pleads with religious organizations to pay more attention to the pollution of our air, water, and food supply, which is eroding the health of people and congregations. "While you are teaching people how to get to Heaven, how about teaching them healthy lifestyles to survive on this earth?" he asks. Several of the cartoons from The Joyful Noiseletter have been reprinted in this book.

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Robert Reed Publishers

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1944297308

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9781944297305

Good Humor: Church Jokes

The Best Church and Church People Jokes and Cartoons from The Joyful Noiseletter

By: Cal Samra,Rose Samra

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The Best Church and Church People Jokes and Cartoons from The Joyful Noiseletter

By: Cal Samra,Rose Samra

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Barbour Publishing

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1607428164

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Good Humor: God's Kids Say the Funniest Things

The Best Jokes and Cartoons from The Joyful Noiseletter

By: Cal Samra,Rose Samra

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The Best Jokes and Cartoons from The Joyful Noiseletter

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Barbour Publishing

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The Joyful Christ

The Healing Power of Humor

By: Cal Samra

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The Joyful Christ

The Healing Power of Humor

By: Cal Samra

Attempts to explain why so many find humor incompatible with Christianity, stresses the importance of joyfulness, and explains how humor can help the sick and troubled

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HarperCollins

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0060670320

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9780060670320

Good Humor: In the Marry Month

The Best Wedding and Marriage Jokes and Cartoons from The Joyful Noiseletter

By: Cal Samra,Rose Samra

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Good Humor: In the Marry Month

The Best Wedding and Marriage Jokes and Cartoons from The Joyful Noiseletter

By: Cal Samra,Rose Samra

Marriage offers endless opportunities for laughter—and this collection of wedding and marital humor, drawn from the files of The Joyful Noiseletter, is sure to please. Scores of jokes and humorous stories, all relating to the beloved institution of marriage, are categorized into chapters and accompanied by the cartoons of talented Christian artists. In the Marry Month is the first title in a planned quarterly release of joke books—arriving in plenty of time for the summer wedding season. This hilarious collection of marital mirth is ideal for couples, pastors, anyone looking for clean, good-humored content they can trust.

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Barbour Publishing

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1607424355

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9781607424352

The Funny Side of Tennis

By: Cal Samra

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The Funny Side of Tennis

By: Cal Samra

The tennis cartoons of 11 cartoonists, including Bil Keane, creator of "The Family Circus," and Charles M. Schulz, creator of "Peanuts," are featured in this volume--proof that vigorous exercise and humor are powerful weapons in the never-ending battle against obesity and depression.

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0933453027

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9780933453029

Mirth for the Millennium

Inspirational Wit and Cartoons

By: Cal Samra,Rose Samra

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Inspirational Wit and Cartoons

By: Cal Samra,Rose Samra

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WaterBrook Press

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157856283X

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From the Mouths of Babes

By: Cal Samra,Rose Samra

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From the Mouths of Babes

By: Cal Samra,Rose Samra

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WaterBrook Press

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1578562848

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Book's by Cal Samra

Good Humor: Church Jokes

Good Humor: Church Jokes

Good Humor: God's Kids Say the Funniest Things

Good Humor: God's Kids Say the Funniest Things

More Holy Hilarity

More Holy Hilarity

More Holy Humor

More Holy Humor

Holy Hilarity

Holy Hilarity

Mirth for the Millennium

Mirth for the Millennium

In Pursuit of Health and Longevity

In Pursuit of Health and Longevity

Good Humor: Church Jokes

Good Humor: Church Jokes

Good Humor: God's Kids Say the Funniest Things

Good Humor: God's Kids Say the Funniest Things

The Joyful Christ

The Joyful Christ

Good Humor: In the Marry Month

Good Humor: In the Marry Month

The Funny Side of Tennis

The Funny Side of Tennis

Mirth for the Millennium

Mirth for the Millennium

From the Mouths of Babes

From the Mouths of Babes

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