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A tourist suffered slash wounds to his head when he was attacked by a buzzard while jogging in Cornwall.

I’ve got this thing with my oldest son. It’s become a tradition over the last few months. Whenever Cru comes to visit me in my study at the church, or when we pop into my study after services on Sunday mornings, I give Cru half a LifeSaver. I don’t know why, but I keep LifeSavers in my study.

This is background to a funny conversation I had with Cru two nights ago:

ME: Cru, do you know what my job is? What does daddy do?

CRU: You give people LifeSavers. You’re LifeSaver Man!

Cru’s answer made me laugh. It also made me think that my son’s answer isn’t that far off the mark. One of the great priveleges of being a pastor is being used of God to save lives through gospel preaching and care.

By God’s call and grace, I get to be a LifeSaver Man who points other people to the ultimate LifeSaver Man.

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My wife and I are spending our Friday night listening to/watching Brian Regan. Brian Regan is our favorite comedian. His comedy is both clever and clean.

If you’ve not yet encountered Brian Regan’s comedy, here are 3 things you can do to change that sad fact:

1. go here to learn more about Regan

2. Watch the clip below to experience Regan

3. Order Regan’s newest DVD, Brian Regan: Standing Up.  (Tonight we’re watching his earlier work, I Walked on the Moon)

This afternoon I realized this joke had really fooled some folks as I received voicemails from two close friends very concerned and curious about what was going on. If this post fooled two close friends, I know it fooled a good number of my regular readers. Sorry/that was fun.

By the end of this week I should be in a position where I can share more details…

For now, all I can do is give you a heads up and let you know that due to some very recent events in my life I’m having to shut down this blog. As soon as I’m able to communicate what’s going on, I will do so.

Gritsch highlights the role humor played in Luther’s marriage, in his pastoral relationships, in his interpretation of Scripture, and in his dealings with death. Gritsch writes, "There is overwhelming evidence from Luther’s life and work to prove that for him at least, humor, next to music, was the most effective way to endure the trials of…life. In his way of thinking and being, smiling, laughing, and even mocking become the divinely inspired means of spiritual survival. Knowing of the happy end at the Last Day, Luther could remain cheerful in anticipating it."

Praise God for the example of Luther, for the reminder to trust God, laugh, and be of good cheer. Are you taking yourself too seriously? Have you forgotten John 16:33–"be of good cheer; I have overcome the world"–? If so, you might especially benefit from reading Gritsch’s 115 short pages on Luther’s healing humor.

Below are a few Luther quotations from the book. Be warned, however, much of Luther’s humor is rather colorful. Actually, much of his humor reads like junior high humor.

"I resist the devil, and often it is with a fart that I chase him away.
When he tempts me with silly sins I say, ‘Devil, yesterday I broke wind
too. Have you written it down on your list?’"

Shortly before his death, Luther said to his wife Katie: "I’m like a ripe stool and the world’s like a gigantic anus, and we’re about to let go of each other."

"Tomorrow I have to lecture on the drunkenness of Noah [Gen. 9:20-27], so I should drink enough this evening to be able to talk about that wickedness as one who knows by experience."

While away on a trip, Luther joked about his physical ailments in a letter to Katie: "I am drinking beer from Namburg which tastes to me almost like the beer from Mansfeld which you praised to me. It agrees with me well and gives me about three bowel movements in three hours in the morning."