"Life can steal your laughter in a hurry—take the daily grind, throw in a few personal struggles, a major disappointment or two, and you' ll wonder where the smiles went." —Andy Cook The upper room is not the place we'd expect to hear anything about joy or peace. Neither does a dark garden where twelve men are hiding seem a likely place to hunt for a blessing. Nor do the short hours before a grisly crucifixion provide the ideal backdrop for a lifestyle of laughter. But these are exactly the moments Jesus chose to give his last powerful lessons about blessings, joy, and peace. It was in these final hours that Jesus revealed a lifestyle of joy so deep and so real it could flourish in the deep end of life's pool. A Different Kind of Laughter doesn't look for answers about joy in the typical places—Philippians or even Psalms—it pursues promised joy in the most difficult moments of Jesus' life. It's a study of joy and laughter for the most difficult times of life. It's a study that will take readers beyond the quick laughter that follows a good joke and into a solid life replete with, well, . . . a different kind of laughter.
Everyday life can steal your laughter in a hurry—and when it throws its worst at you . . . joy is the first casualty.
The Upper Room is not the place you’d expect to hear anything about joy or peace. Neither does a dark garden where twelve men are hiding seem a likely place to hunt for a blessing. Nor do the short hours before a grisly execution provide the ideal backdrop for lessons on a lifestyle of laughter.
But these were the exact moments Jesus chose to give his most convincing messages about blessings, joy, and peace. It was in these final hours that Jesus revealed the secret to moving out of the shallows and into the deep pools of joy.
A Different Kind of Laughter doesn’t look for answers about joy in the typical places—Philippians or even Psalms—but in the most difficult moments of Jesus’ life. It’s a study of joy and laughter for your worst days! It will take you beyond the quick laughter that follows a good joke and into a solid life overflowing with . . . a different kind of laughter.
Andy Cook once edited a Pulitzer Prize-winning series of sports stories, and he still writes for newspapers and magazines across the country, but this isn’t what matters most to him. He prefers being known as the husband of Melody, father of three daughters, and pastor of Shirley Hills Baptist Church in Warner Robins, Georgia.
