Gallows Humor and the God Who Laughs at Death

We often roll our eyes at first responders when they joke in the face of tragedy.

It can feel inappropriate — like they’re laughing at pain.

But if you’ve ever stood beside one in the aftermath of horror, you realize something deeper: they’re not mocking it. They’re surviving it.

That’s gallows humor — the strange, defiant laughter born at the edge of death.

And oddly enough… Jesus had it too.