All pastors have their favorite jokes. Here are a few of mine.
After having spent a lifetime in the ministry hunting quality clean humor that is suitable for the pulpit, I can tell you that there is simply no better material available for preachers than the following works by Paul W. Powell. The attached links will connect you to PDF's of his material, as well as to his other helpful works:
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Retirement
Laugh and Live Longer: Good Humor to Brighten and Lighten Your Life
Several years ago, Tal Bonham also compiled a wonderful series of humor books known as The Treasury of Clean Jokes. Attached is the web link to amazon.com's
Tal Bonham page:
http://www.amazon.com/Tal-D.-Bonham/e/B001KHHCVM/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1
Lastly, Michael Hodgin has compiled two volumes full of humorous stories which are very helpful. They are titled: 1001 Humorous Illustrations for Public Speaking: Fresh, Timely, and Compelling Illustrations for Preachers, Teachers, and Speakers and 1001 More Humorous Illustrations for Public Speaking: Fresh, Timely, and Compelling Illustrations for Preachers, Teachers, and Speakers respectively.
He later produced a companion volume which is also avaialble:
1002 Humorous Illustrations for Public Speaking: Fresh, Timely, Compelling Illustrations for Preachers, Teachers, and Speakers
Again, the following web link will take you to amazon.com's Michael Hodgin page:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&sort=relevancerank&search-alias=books&field-author=Michael%20Hodgin
Another collection of humor books for chrsitian communicators are those by Lowell D. Streiker, including A Treasury of Humor, An Encyclopedia of Humor, and Nelson's Big Book of Laughter: Thousands of Smiles from A to Z. Here is a link to amazon.com's Lowell D. Streiker page: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=streiker+humor
Other good web sites, also linked on my favorite web links tab above, include:
Good Clean Funnies (A site specifically devoted to clean humor.)
www.gcfl.net/
The Humor Collection
http://www.thehumorcollection.org/
Humor Connection
www.aath.org/
Joke of the Day
www.ahajokes.com/
In addition to these resources, I have amassed quite a collection of jokes and humorous illustrations on my own over the years. In time, I hope to upload
and index all of this material here as well and have it available for all those of
you who find humor helpful as you communicate. For now, I'll just say that
there is more humor material coming soon (and that's no joke)!
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Retirement
Laugh and Live Longer: Good Humor to Brighten and Lighten Your Life
Several years ago, Tal Bonham also compiled a wonderful series of humor books known as The Treasury of Clean Jokes. Attached is the web link to amazon.com's
Tal Bonham page:
http://www.amazon.com/Tal-D.-Bonham/e/B001KHHCVM/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1
Lastly, Michael Hodgin has compiled two volumes full of humorous stories which are very helpful. They are titled: 1001 Humorous Illustrations for Public Speaking: Fresh, Timely, and Compelling Illustrations for Preachers, Teachers, and Speakers and 1001 More Humorous Illustrations for Public Speaking: Fresh, Timely, and Compelling Illustrations for Preachers, Teachers, and Speakers respectively.
He later produced a companion volume which is also avaialble:
1002 Humorous Illustrations for Public Speaking: Fresh, Timely, Compelling Illustrations for Preachers, Teachers, and Speakers
Again, the following web link will take you to amazon.com's Michael Hodgin page:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&sort=relevancerank&search-alias=books&field-author=Michael%20Hodgin
Another collection of humor books for chrsitian communicators are those by Lowell D. Streiker, including A Treasury of Humor, An Encyclopedia of Humor, and Nelson's Big Book of Laughter: Thousands of Smiles from A to Z. Here is a link to amazon.com's Lowell D. Streiker page: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=streiker+humor
Other good web sites, also linked on my favorite web links tab above, include:
Good Clean Funnies (A site specifically devoted to clean humor.)
www.gcfl.net/
The Humor Collection
http://www.thehumorcollection.org/
Humor Connection
www.aath.org/
Joke of the Day
www.ahajokes.com/
In addition to these resources, I have amassed quite a collection of jokes and humorous illustrations on my own over the years. In time, I hope to upload
and index all of this material here as well and have it available for all those of
you who find humor helpful as you communicate. For now, I'll just say that
there is more humor material coming soon (and that's no joke)!