I remember being admonished from the pulpit in one of my faith's world general conferences that we should not live in such a way as to give credence to the lyrics by Billy Joel that "I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints -- the sinners are much more fun!" The purpose of this book is similar. One of the scriptures from the Book of Mormon that it is popular to memorize says "men are that they might have joy." This book has good suggestions for how to do that in a spiritual way. And it had a lot of funny anecdotes as well.

The book interested me when ResQgeek brought it to meeting, but it lingered on Mt TBR for a while. Then the author was one of the panel on Star Talk with Neil DeGrasse Tyson and I was intrigued again. The topic for discussion at church on Sunday will include finding gratitude in difficult times. I will try to share a tidbit from the book that was on point.