The first Sunday after Easter is Holy Humor Sunday, as it is celebrated in many places. If you are not familiar with that concept, it is only because your experience has not been in the Eastern Orthodox tradition. It is based on the understanding that the resurrection of Jesus is the ultimate joke on death, Satan, and all the forces of evil. It is a testament to the God who, as the psalmist says, "sits in the heavens and laughs" (2:4) at the foolishness of humanity and any forces that might seek to thwart divine purposes. Word has it that one tradition is for priests to gather on the Monday following Easter for cigars, brandy, and jokes to celebrate the God who does this surprising, transforming thing — my kind of Presbytery meeting.
Related to that is this tradition of designating the se…