Funny how tiring it is to serve God for one hour, but how quickly a team plays 60 minutes of basketball.

Funny how long a couple of hours spent at church are, but how short they are when watching a movie.

Funny how we can’t think of anything to say when we pray, but how easy it is to chat with a friend.

Funny how thrilled we get when a baseball game goes extra innings, but we complain when a sermon is longer than usual.

Funny how we want a front seat at a game or concert but scramble to get a back seat at church.

Funny how we need a two- or three-week notice to fit a church event into our schedule, but can adjust our schedule at the last minute for other events.

Funny how big $100 looks when you take it to church, but it’s so small at the mall.

Funny how hard it is to read a chapter in the Bible, but how easy it is to read 100 pages of a best seller.

Funny how hard it is for people to learn a simple plan of salvation, but how simple it is for the same people to understand and repeat gossip.

Funny how we believe what the newspaper says, but question what the Bible says.

—Paul M. Miller, ed., World’s Greatest Collection of Church Jokes (Uhrichsville, Ohio: Barbour Publishing, Inc., 2003), 219-21.

Funny how easy it is to copy (atributed) someone elses work, and how not so funny it is to get bogged down within the writing of a sermon.