“BetweenHeaven and Mirth will make any reader smile. . . .Father Martin reminds us that happiness is the good God's own goal for us.”-Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of New YorkFrom one of America's mostbeloved spiritual leaders and the New York Times bestsellingauthor of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything and Jesus: APilgrimage Father James Martin, SJ, comes a revolutionary look athow you can change your life and save your spirit through joy, humor, andlaughter.Martin shares how you can strikea healthy balance between spirituality and daily life and live as a joyfulbeliever. In Between Heaven and Mirth, he uses scriptural passages,the lives of the saints, the spiritual teachings of other traditions, and hisown personal reflections to show us why joy is the inevitable result of faith,because a healthy spirituality and a healthy sense of humor go hand-in-handwith God's great plan for humankind.