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"A hospital chaplain turned
stand-up comedian! - Steve
has answered his true uniquely
gifted calling!" |
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- Rev. Jack Giddens, D.Min.,
Hospice
Chaplain |
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A Ministry of
Mirth
 While working with
Hurricane Katrina victims, as a hospital
chaplain, I was struck by the guick turn-around
one patient took, when he suddenly found
something to laugh about. He lost everything he
owned and after a week of reflection he was
reminded of an old George Carlin comedy bit on
"Stuff." We both laughed in his hospital room as
we recounted the comedy bit.
I was amazed by the emotional and physical
healing that took place for for him after that
unscheduled encounter with humor. That encounter
set me off on a two year study of laughter and
its place in our emotional, physical, and
even our spiritual life.
I learned that not only
is there awesome medical research available on
the positive effects of laughter upon health,
but there is also personal testimonies of
peaceful, content, and happy people who
intentially make time to laugh! I went on from
that event to become a Certified
Laughter Leader in the administration
of therapeutic laughter programs and turned my
full focus on a ministry of mirth through
stand-up comedy and through my corporate
humor consulting business, Steve
Durkac Humor
Consulting
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In addition, I lead a community laughter club
in Mobile, Alabama, that meets, monthly, and is
open to the public. Please visit www.mobilelaughterclub.com
to learn more!
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"Steve Durkac is a very
funny man, he's a stand-up comedian, an ordained
minister, and a hospital chaplain in
Mobile, Alabama - he's the Chaplain of
Comedy!" - Christian Television
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My
Comedy
 While competing in a
Toastmaster International state-wide humorous
speaking contest, one of the judges refered to
me as "America's Funniest Reverend." I have
since performed clean comedy for both corporate
and church groups with material that has come
from my real-life experiences as a
minister, a parent, a middle-aged Dad with
toddlers, an survivor of the 70's classic rock
culture, raised Catholic, being Baptist, etc.
Visit my Stand-Up Comedy page
for more information.
I have also had the fun opportunity
to play actor, as a priest, a minister,
and a business person in a few TV commercials.
I am involved in drama and acting at my
church and have done voice accent
talent.
Comedy has molded my
perspective on life since those early 70's
Thursday evenings in front of the little black
and white TV, with my Dad and two brothers,
watching "Monty Python's Flying Circus." Till
this day, I can still mimick all the accents and
many of the classic skits!
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"Steve Durkac will have you laughing so
hard you won't believe that he is actually an ordained
minister - infact, he is the only minister
we know who has braved the comedy
stage on purpose!"
- The Comedy
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My
Writing
 If I can't be
running my jaws to an audience from a stage,
I can be found pushing my pen to reach them
from the power of the written word. I
publish a humor paper called Merry Medicine and am
the author of "21 Motivational Insights on
Leadership Enrichment" and
"Five Steps to Writing Memorable
Wedding Vows ."
"My Mind
Won't Behave, But At least My Heart's
Right
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of 2008. It promises to be a hilarious book
filled with bits from my on stage
somedy!
My
Family
My beautiful
wife, two of my four children, and I, live
in Mobile, Alabama with our family pet
dachshund "Keef" and photos of my
grandchild, Boo. We are happy members of Christ
Church , a United Methodist Family,
comprised of people from various denominational
backgrounds, like me!
For fun, we frequent the nearby
Gulf Shores beaches, follow Alabama Crimson Tide
football, love vacationing at Disney
World, and periodically evacuate our home
in fear of impending hurricanes.
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...like this one from my scary roller
coaster experience and life-threatening ordeal
at Walt Disney World! |
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Member of the Christian Comedy
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