“Good humor is one that makes me chuckle for five seconds and think for five minutes,” says Rev George Ong, author of not one, but twelve volumes of joke books.

I must admit, I was a bit skeptical when I started. “Jokes are jokes right? How deep can they be?” Pardon my blatant honesty here, but I wanted to voice it out because it is a misconception that many of us share. As it would turn out, I discovered my pre-conception to be myopic, childish, and wide off the mark.

Each volume follows a specific theme: Life & Death, Professions, Kids, Romance & Marriage, Animals, etc., and within each book are a substantial number of jokes (200 pages of them!) all related to that particular subject.

The jokes in Rev George Ong’s books are funny. Some of them actually made me laugh out so loud that my colleagues got a little worried about my health! But, more than that, his jokes are thought through. Attached to them is always a deeper meaning and a message.

These somber and wise reminders hit straight to a heart that has already been coaxed open by laughter – what a powerful combination of humor and wisdom!

At the end of each chapter is also a segment titled “Going Deeper” where he urges his readers, after the jokes, to do some serious thinking about that particular issue. Here he provides a perspective from God’s Word.

These books have taught me one thing – humor, just like music or beauty, can be used to open hearts and minds. And whilst jokes are jokes, they can be deep indeed!

If you wish to purchase or enquire about the humor books, please contact Rev George Ong at: georgeog@singnet.com.sg (correct spelling) or (65) 65634704.
Website: www.revgeorgeong.com