Strong Joy, Merry Hearts and Mad Mirth
“Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness” (Proverbs 14:13) Mockery has become so manic, and the parodies so predictable. From time to time, there’s ferocity that breaks into mean-spiritedness behind all the funny. There is jesting. There is joking. There is the jab, jab,...