Laughing Matters Learning to Laugh When Life St

FindOutWhat’sSoFunnyWhenNothing’sFunnySometimeslifejuststinks—peopledisappoint，badthingshappen，andhardshipcomes.LaughingMattersisacollectionofstoriesthatshowsthedifferencebetweenthosewhoresignandthosewhorejoicewhenrealitybites.Readerswillbeencouragedtochoosejoy，tofindhope，andtodiscovertheabundantlifeChristoffersallwhofollowHim.AuthorandhumoristPhilCallaway—oncedescribedas“DaveBarrywithamessage”—employshisrevealingandhilariousstyletoremindreadersthat，“it’salwaysdarkestjustbeforethefridgedooropens.”Doyouresignorrejoicewhenrealitybites?Sometimeslifejuststinks.Peopledisappoint.Badthingshappen.Hardshipcomesindoublehelpings.Thelastthingyouwanttodoislaugh.SolethilarioushumoristPhilCallawayshowyou—asonlyhecan—thatsomeofthedarkesttimesarethosejustbeforethefridgedooropens.**********“EverythingPhilCallawaywritesisfulloflifebecausehe’sdiscoveredafabuloussecret：ThejoyofChristdoesn’tgoaway，evenwhenlifeisamess.”LuisPalau，PresidentoftheLuisPalauEvangelisticAssociation“Philreallyknowshowtogetintouchwithhisspiritualfunnybone.”JanetteOke，Bestsellingauthor“OnepageintothisbookandI’mquakingwithlaughter.Callawayhastheuncannyabilitytouncoverthefunnyinanysituationandreportitwithinspirationalwit.”PaulL.Maier，CoauthorofTheDaVinciCode：FactorFiction?“ThisbookisanexcellentsourceofencouragementforanyoneinthemidstofacrisiswhomaybeaskingGodthathardestquestionofall：‘Why?’”MarthaBolton，AuthorofCookingwithHotFlashesandDidn’tMySkinUsedtoFit?StoryBehindtheBookPhilCallawaywrotethisbookafterafive-yearjourneyheandhiswifeembarkeduponwhenshebeganhavingseizures.Hediscoveredthatwhenlifethrowsyoucurveballs，juiceslemonsinyoureyes，scrunchesyouinaknucklesandwich…thelastthingyouwanttodoislaugh.Andatthemomentwerealizethatlifecanjustplainstink，“thisbookhelpsusknowwheretogofromthatpoint，”hesays.CelebritieslikeDaveDravecky，BarbaraJohnson，GloriaGaither，andJoniEarecksonTadahaveendorsedCallaway’spositiveapproachtotrials.“EverythingPhilCallawaywritesisfulloflifebecausehe’sdiscoveredafabuloussecret：ThejoyofChristdoesn’tgoaway，evenwhenlifeisamess，”saysevangelistLuisPalau.