This is what I do. I talk to people and try to set them on fire. My prism is my experience with death row inmates and murder victims' families. Through this life-death issue I take people with me into the deepest conflicts of human life and the spiritual challenge these conflicts awaken in us. I make them laugh, tell them how as a habited nun with my long black veil I caught on fire from a candle in front of my fourth grade religion class.
Laughter helps transform the human spirit.
Humor is part of the incredible, spiritual lightness of being. Being dour and serious, albeit replete with accurate information and statistics, is never enough to transform hearts. Humor surprises us, disarms us. Humor comes from God. My talk tonight is spontaneous.