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Rev. James

Priest. Stand-Up Comic

God Wants You to Laugh Podcast

God Wants You to Laugh: A podcast about spirituality and humor. Rev. James interviews spiritual comedians and funny religious leaders about the relationship between spirituality and humor.

July 16, 2020

Episode 4 - Alicia Dattner

July 16, 2020/ Rev. James Christie

Rev. James interviews award winning spiritual comedian and founder of the spiritual comedy festival Alicia Dattner.

"Comedy is my soul’s favorite way of dancing with what is so big and so challenging. This material reality, it’s very dense and comedy is like Judo to material reality. With comedy you are able to flip material reality around." -Alicia Dattner

To find out more about Alicia Dattner please visit her website

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Rev. James

The Reverend James Christie is the world's only priest who moonlights as a stand-up comic.

A graduate of Yale Divinity School, Rev. James is a Christian Orthodox priest who by day works as a hospice chaplain. At night he tells jokes at nightclubs throughout New England (and Ohio). He has performed with Gary Gulman and Lamont Price. A lot of his jokes are about God. Because God wants you to laugh!

He produces Laughs for Africa, a comedy fundraiser which raises money for the African Hope Network, a non-profit benefiting Ugandan children and young leaders.