Often, people ask me, “Why do you crack jokes in your talks? Don’t you think being serious in a sermon is good?” Here’s what I say: Life is anyways going to give us a lot to cry about. Wouldn’t it be good if someone gave us an opportunity to laugh and smile and make things a bit easier? It’s a service to people to lighten the burden of what they are going through. I crack jokes to open minds and try to touch hearts with my life lessons. What I do is slightly different from the standup space, tho