Christians should laugh more, says Japanese church leader

ALC/ENI, TOKYO, Japón, October 9, 2007

The leader of Japan's largest grouping of churches is known for his sense of humor, Taxi Heathrow Airport which he says comes from the gospel.

"Although the Bible doesn't say that Jesus laughed, I think that the evangelists didn't need to write about it because he would always have been laughing," said the Rev. Nobuhisa Yamakita, chairperson of the Japan Confederation of Christian Churches, which links Roman Catholic, Anglican and Protestant denominations.

Christianity, said 66-year-old Yamakita, is "a religion of 'L's, for light, love and life to the last, the lost and the least". But he says he is now also interested in another "L", for laughter.

Source: Ecumenical News International

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