{"id":9787,"date":"2011-11-20T19:39:31","date_gmt":"2011-11-20T23:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nakedpastor.com\/?p=9787"},"modified":"2011-11-20T19:39:31","modified_gmt":"2011-11-20T23:39:31","slug":"the-importance-of-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/nakedpastor\/2011\/11\/the-importance-of-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"the importance of happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2011\/11\/nakedpastor-nose.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9788\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2011\/11\/nakedpastor-nose.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"640\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a photograph of Lisa and me on our very first date. Here she is 18 and I am 20. This is me blowing my nose. I could make her laugh so hard every time because I can honk loudly with my nose. I love to make her laugh any way I can. I still make her laugh.<\/p>\n<p>Did you know that #1 in the <a href=\"http:\/\/ca.askmen.com\/top_10\/dating\/top-10-traits-attractive-women-look-for-in-a-man.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">list of top 10 things women look for in a partner<\/a> is \u201c<em>a sense of fun<\/em>\u201c. And #2 is \u201c<em>a sense of humor<\/em>\u201c. That\u2019s above everything else, including appearance, sex and money, etc! We want to be happy.<\/p>\n<p>So why is religion so serious? Even the most serious theologians concede that the chief end of humanity is joy.<\/p>\n<p>Didn\u2019t C. S. Lewis say that joy is a serious matter? So why do we take it so lightly?<\/p>\n<p>Laugh a little.<\/p>\n<p>You can order my already published cartoon book, \u201c<strong>nakedpastor101<\/strong>\u201c, in two formats:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Download as an ebook for just $2.50, \u2013&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/nakedpastor.wazala.com\/?page=product_det&amp;id=39293\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">click here!<\/a> &lt;\u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>OR order the hardcopy from Amazon:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/nakedpastor101-Cartoons-David-Hayward\/dp\/1453898417\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1302774960&amp;sr=8-1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2011\/08\/NP-Book-012.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"72\"><\/a><br>\n<br><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a photograph of Lisa and me on our very first date. 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