{"id":4129,"date":"2013-04-30T10:57:59","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T10:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners\/?p=4129"},"modified":"2018-07-17T21:57:18","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T21:57:18","slug":"stand-up-comedian-david-cross-on-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners\/2013\/04\/stand-up-comedian-david-cross-on-heaven.html","title":{"rendered":"Stand-Up Comedian David Cross on Heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a corporate chaplain, I spend much of my time in the car, traveling to various companies- so it&#8217;s always a plus when I have something other than my favorite bands to listen to. (For as much as I love Mumford &amp; Sons and Keane and could probably erect a golden bust of them somewhere in downtown Atlanta, I still can&#8217;t listen to their albums more than once in a day without needing some other form of mobile entertainment.)<\/p>\n<p>I recently discovered the radio station 92.3, which features 24\/7 wisecracks from an unending assortment of stand-up comedians. Sometimes they&#8217;re crass, lewd and offensive; but other times, they are downright hilarious. Which is how I discovered David Cross. Cross admittedly can be a bit &#8220;hit or miss&#8221; in making me laugh, but his reflections on heaven are eye-opening here, insofar as they shine a light on some of the ridiculous, laugh-worthy things we Christians actually say in public. 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