Laughter

Laugh - [laf, lahf]:
To express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.

Synonyms: amusement, cachinnation, cackle, chortle, chuckle, chuckling, crack-up, crow, fit, gesture, giggle, giggling, glee, guffaw, hilarity, howling, merriment, mirth, peal, rejoicing, roar, shout, shriek, snicker, snigger, snort, sound, titter, yuck

When was a time that you laughed until you literally had difficulty breathing?
How did you feel afterward? Stories?

Have you ever heard the saying: “Laughter is the best medicine?” Why would that be?

Does laughter have anything to say about hope?

Are there inappropriate times for laughter? If so when?

Have you ever been “in trouble” for laughing? Story?

In the past, would you say the church (as you have experienced it to be) has encouraged or discouraged laughter?

In the past, has there been space in your faith to laugh?

Do you seriously think God laughs? If so, at what?

Question to reflect on:
Do you laugh at the thought of Jesus being alive, or do you laugh because Jesus is alive?

Blessed are you who are hungry now, because you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, because you will laugh. - Jesus

At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.  ~Jean Houston

What monstrous absurdities and paradoxes have resisted whole batteries of serious arguments, and then crumbled swiftly into dust before the ringing death-knell of a laugh!  ~Agnes Repplier

What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul.  ~Yiddish Proverb

When people are laughing, they're generally not killing each other.  ~Alan Alda

Laughter gives us distance.  It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.  ~Bob Newhart