{"id":9089,"date":"2026-06-04T14:48:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T12:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kreuzkirche.co.za\/?p=9089"},"modified":"2026-07-04T14:56:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T12:56:45","slug":"pastors-pen-june-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kreuzkirche.co.za\/de\/pastors-pen-june-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastor&#8217;s Pen June 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>A while ago, a friend invited me to go and watch Joseph and his <b>Technicoloured Dreamcoat<\/b>. <\/p>\n<p>It was at a small theatre in Camps Bay and I was quite excited, not really knowing what to expect. I had never seen it before, so I was unsure whether this would be a &#8218;religious&#8216; piece or not. It was not. But that doesn&#8217;t mean it was bad. I actually really enjoyed it. God was nowhere to be found in the plot of the story, but the singing, dancing and colourful costumes made for a really entertaining display. I particularly liked the part where Joseph was bought by the tap of a coin pouch! <\/p>\n<p>Afterwards I was left thinking about the way this very well-known story might be seen through a humorous lens. And whether there are other texts that could be seen in the same way. Can we read the Bible and find a little humour in its words? God created us, after al and laughter is part of what He made. <\/p>\n<p>The story of Joseph is one we think we know well. A favourite son, a colourful coat, jealous brothers, a pit, slavery, prison, and eventual triumph. We&#8217;ve heard it so many times that we sometimes forget to notice how absurd it actually is. <\/p>\n<p>His brothers were grown men, shepherds, sons of the patriarchs and yet on seeing him coming across the field, their first instinct is to kill! Not a stern word, not a complaint to their father. No straight to murder.<\/p>\n<p>Reuben, the reasonable voice, convinces them not to kill their brother, and so Joseph is thrown into a pit while his brothers sit down for a bit of lunch. It all sounds almost too casual for what is actually happening. And then, just by chance, here comes a caravan heading to Egypt, offering a convenient financial reward for the disposal of their brother. <\/p>\n<p>As the story goes, later, in prison, Joseph correctly interprets the dreams of two fellow inmates. One will go free, one will be executed and Joseph is right on both counts. Surely now he&#8217;ll be remembered? Two years of silence say otherwise. <\/p>\n<p>There is something almost comic in how the story keeps escalating, keeps collapsing, keeps turning, until it lands exactly where God intended all along. The joke, if you will, is on everyone who thought they were in control. If Joseph&#8217;s story is comic in its structure, then 1 Kings 18 is comic in its dialogue. <\/p>\n<p>The prophet Elijah faces off against 450 prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel. They call on their god from morning until noon with dancing, shouting and yet getting no answer. And Elijah, watching this spectacle, cannot help him <span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">thought, or busy, or travelling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">The Hebrew of that passage is even more pointed and one of those possibilities is that Baal has simply gone to relieve himself, to do a number one or <\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">two!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is not accidental. This is a prophet of God using sharp, pointed humour <span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">as a theological weapon. The absurdity of idol worship is exposed not with a <\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">lecture, but with a laugh. And then Elijah quietly repairs the altar, prays a <\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">simple prayer, and God answers with fire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The humour and the holiness sit right next to each other and neither diminishes the other.<\/p>\n<p>Holiness and humour right next to each other. Not something you hear every<span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">day. Some of you might remember what happened at our joint church service, right in the holiest of our religious gatherings. We were standing at the <\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">Holy Communion table. The bread was served and the moment was filled <\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">with a sense of divine presence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Then I told those around me to go and sit down, forgetting that the wine still <span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">needed to be served! You should have seen the expressions on the faces <\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">around me. I couldn&#8217;t help but laugh. And then everyone around me laughed <\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In that moment, maybe the holiness was lost for some but for me, I felt that <span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">Jesus was smiling down on us. Holiness, not destroyed by humour, but held <\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">gently within it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Maybe we have been too serious with our Bibles. The stories were always <span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">this funny. After all, God named a baby Izaac &#8222;Laughter&#8220; and has no problem <\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">with his prophet mocking false gods on a mountaintop.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A community that can laugh together is a community that trusts one another <span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">and trusts God. That is no small thing. The Bible&#8217;s humour is not a distraction <\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">from its holiness,it is part of it. 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