She Who Laughs, Lasts! Laugh-Out-Loud Stories from Today's Best-Known Women of Faith
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Overview
The best of the best—stories, one-liners, and jokes from some of today’s funniest Christian speakers and best-selling writers This new book, like its best-selling predecessors, is packed with the kind of smiles and smirks, chuckles and giggles that thousands of readers have come to love and expect. It includes some of the funniest stories from today’s Christian writers like Barbara Johnson, John Ortberg, Mark Buchanan, Patsy Clairmont, Becky Freeman, Chonda Pierce, and more. Whether the topic is kids, marriage, pets, church, parenting, aging, or life’s most embarrassing moments, the writers will help you keep life in perspective by revealing their own foibles, follies, and failings. Realizing that laughter and faith can go hand in hand, they offer real-life anecdotes that will keep your world in balance even—and especially—when life gets tough.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Chapter One: ’Tis More Blessed to Laugh Than to Frown
A Laugh a Day Puts Wrinkles in the Right Places by Liz Curtis Higgs
A Mouthful of Laughter by Barbara Johnson
Chapter Two: Welcome to Womanhood
Cross My Heart by Liz Curtis Higgs
Techno-Wonders of the Modern Age by Sue Buchanan
The Mammogram by Barbara Johnson
The Infamous Bra by Thelma Wells
I Was a Victim of Tsk-Tsk-ers by Sue Buchanan
Chapter Three: Did I Do That?
Lookin’ Good by Patsy Clairmont
In the Pink by Liz Curtis Higgs
Overcoming with Worms by Becky Freeman
Keep on Ticking by Bodie Thoene
Night Life by Patsy Clairmont
Chapter Four: Men and Marriage --- What Could Be Funnier?
Hanky Panky by Charlene Ann Baumbich
Aphrodisiacs by Betty Smartt Carter
Part Man, Part Barca-Lounger by Sue Buchanan
Finished Yet? by Sheila Walsh
’Twas the Night before New Year’s by Nancy Kennedy
Sweet Spirit by Karen M. Feaver
Someone to Watch Over Me by Janell Wheeler
Romantically Impaired by Nancy Kennedy
Miracle on Second Street by Charlene Ann Baumbich
What a Guy! by Marilyn Meberg
In Silliness and in Health by Liz Curtis Higgs
Stop the Treadmill, I Gotta Get Off by Charlene Ann Baumbich
The Bathroom That Ate Our Budget by Nancy Kennedy
Chapter Five: Just for Grins
Just Call Me Luci by Luci Swindoll
Was That a Sneeze? by Hope Mihalap
A Hearty Ha, Ha, Ha! by Barbara Johnson
Telemarketers and Other Suppertime Annoyances by Chonda Pierce
Off in La-La Land by Barbara Johnson
Perfect Pitch? by Hope Mihalap
I Know God Is Not a Grump Like Me by Cynthia Yates
Chapter Six: I Am Mommy, Hear Me Roar!
Teetering on the Verge of Wild Womandom by Becky Freeman
“Snap Out of It!” by Sue Buchanan
Bad Mommy by Marti Attoun
How to Obtain a Loan Using Your Children as Collateral by Kathy Peel
Gung Ho! by Marti Attoun
Private Parts by Karen Scalf Linamen
Flex Time by Marti Attoun
Suit Yourself by Candace Walters
Chapter Seven: Every Kid Has a Funny Bone
From the Mouths of Babes by various authors
Worms in My Tea by Becky Freeman
Perfect Little Ladies? by Ann Spangler
How Will I Find You When I Get to Heaven? by Ellie Lofaro
Pacified by Marilyn Meberg
Scorched by Nancy Coey
Who’s the Boss? by Carol Kent
The Art of Potty Training by Kathy Peel
Body Snatchers by Karen M. Leet
Chapter Eight: Laughter: The Glue That Holds Friendships Together
Friendship Bread by Liz Curtis Higgs
Stormy Weather by Thelma Wells
Shades of Lucy and Ethel by Luci Swindoll
Wax Buildup, Anthropology, and Starched Pillowcases by Sue Buchanan
Chapter Nine: Chortles from Church
“Ssshhh! You’re in Church!” by various authors
Praise Ye the Lord! by Patsy Clairmont
Your Chickens Will Come Home to Roost by Susan Duke
Antics by Marilyn Meberg
Chapter Ten: My Mother, My Self --- Eeek!
What Time Is It When the Chickadee Chicks? by Chonda Pierce
Mrs. Malaprop by Ann Spangler
Hair Today . . . Gone Tomorrow by Sheila Walsh
Find It at Your Local Bookstore by Chonda Pierce
Tolerance by Cathy Lechner
Chapter Eleven: What’s Life without a Few Wrinkles? Mighty Short!
Midlife Bliss by Becky Freeman
Keep Your Tweezers to Yourself! by Gracie Malone
Love Those Wrinkles! by Liz Curtis Higgs
Prayer in Old Age by a Seventeenth-Century Nun
Chapter Twelve: We Need a Little Christmas Cheer
Ho, Ho, No! by Nancy Kennedy
Picture Perfect by Marti Attoun
This Little Piggy Went to Day Care by Connie Breedlove
I Love Cats! by Elisa Morgan
All I Want for Christmas by Charlene Ann Baumbich
Notes
Product Details
- Title : She Who Laughs, Lasts!: Laugh-Out-Loud Stories from Today's Best-Known Women of Faith
- Author: Spangler, Ann
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publication Date: 2009
- ISBN: 9780310860303
Ann Spangler is an award-winning writer and the author of many bestselling books, including Praying the Names of God, Women of the Bible and Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus. She is also the author of The One Year Devotions for Women and the general editor of the Names of God Bible. Ann’s fascination with and love of Scripture have resulted in books that have opened the Bible to a wide range of readers. She and her two daughters live in Grand Rapids, Michigan.