Laughing at Life's Most Embarrassing Moments: Stumbling Along with Hope and Humor

by Dan Taylor

Overview

Laugh Hard, Laugh Loud, Laugh Often

Of all the gifts God give us, laughter is definitely one of the sweetest. Delight in this good-for-the-soul collection of humor dedicated to the many ways laughter can surprise, amaze, comfort and enrich your life like nothing else.

Drawing on his experience as a preacher's kid and a former youth pastor, humorist Dan Taylor shares hilarious anecdotes, such as

• mentally willing hungry parishioners away from primo potluck cookies
• dealing with the disappointment of not getting fork-stabbed at church camp
• running errands with a donut-loving driver's ed instructor

Learn that those with the ability to laugh at themselves are truly blessed—because their well of good humor will never run dry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780736950206
Publisher:	Harvest House Publishers
Publication date:	10/02/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	742 KB

About the Author

Dan Taylor is a preacher’s kid and a former youth pastor who’s been writing humor books and other products for Hallmark for more than 30 years. He helped launch Hallmark’s Shoebox brand of greeting cards, as well as the popular character “Maxine." As a husband, parent, church leader and, of course, greeting card writer, Dan has seen the funny side of just about everything.

Dan Taylor is a preacher’s kid and a former youth pastor who’s been writing humor books and other products for Hallmark for more than 30 years. He helped launch Hallmark’s Shoebox brand of greeting cards, as well as the popular character “Maxine." As a husband, parent, church leader and, of course, greeting card writer, Dan has seen the funny side of just about everything.

Table of Contents

Trying to Find the Funny 5

1 Carsick? Must Be Sunday 7

2 Methuselah Jr. 9

3 Community Juice 11

4 Church Clothes Woes 14

5 Youth Group of Three 17

6 Covered Dishes, Childhood Wishes 20

7 TV and Me 23

8 Skating By 25

9 Lil' Emergency Room 27

10 The Order of the Fork 30

11 Dating in the Wild 33

12 The Guy with the Guitar 37

13 Rock and Soul 39

14 Driver's Dread 41

15 Speaking of Speakers 43

16 Early Works 46

17 Sports, Part 1 48

18 Bible College, Part 1 51

19 Failing at the Factory 53

20 Not the Correct Change 55

21 A Nursery for Trees 58

22 Drywall, Coffee, and No Beer 60

23 Bible College, Part 2 63

24 Sports, Part 2 64

25 Girlfriends 66

26 The Last Girlfriend 68

27 People Used to Write Letters 70

28 The Wedding Singer 72

29 Tom Sawyer's Car Wash 74

30 A Brand-New Mexico 76

31 Does This Bus Stop at the Top of the Mountain? 79

32 Church, Junior 81

33 Lobo 84

34 Card Tricks 86

35 Fight or Flight 88

36 A Mice Little Apartment 90

37 Only When the Doors Are Open 93

38 Rental Church 95

39 Reading the Signs 98

40 Firefighters Work Sundays 100

41 Guest Preaching for Fun and (Rarely) Profit 102

42 Hallmark of My Career 104

43 The Bahamas 107

44 Needle Phobia 110

45 Surefire Parenting Tips from Me, the Expert 112

46 Soccer Dad 114

47 Band Dad 116

48 Cello There! 119

49 The Perfect Sofa 121

50 Two Weddings and No Funerals (So Far) 124

51 Word Play 128

52 Let's Eat! 131

53 Christian Youth Theater 134

54 Putting the "Nuclear" in Nuclear Family 137

55 This Mission Is a Trip: Mexico Edition 140

56 This Mission Is a Trip: New Orleans Edition 143

57 DDIY (Don't Do It Yourself) 146

58 Table for Four 149

59 Use Your Legs, Not Your Back 152

60 Not-So-Tiny Dancer 156

61 Dance Like You Have Insurance 159

62 I Wrote (Half of) a Musical 161

63 Banana-gelism 166

64 Date Night! 170

65 Write Now 173