Holy Hilarity: Joy for the Soul is a compilation of humorous stories appropriate for sermons, lessons, speeches, and personal enjoyment. The author believes that Christians, need to learn to laugh at their foibles and sufferings. In these narratives he plays with that paradox -- a paradox which is in the Psalmist's mind when he wrote: "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death -- I will fear no evil."  Each narrative is followed with a suggested application in scripture, making it easier for the teacher or preacher to apply it to a particular lesson or point. The Index serves as a helpful guide to themes found throughout. In a day of uncertainty and trials on every hand, laughter is what the Great Physician has ordered for us -- a laughter based in a risen Christ! It is Holy Hilarity: Joy for the Soul.