“Religion often is very embarrassing, and I totally get it,” says the comedian Pete Holmes. “So I am sort of sometimes burdened with the fact that I love talking about it with anybody. Not just religious people. I love talking to anybody—Uber drivers, waiters, anybody—just, like, what’s going on here?”Faith, belief and spirituality have been central to his comedy from the start. He was at a Christian youth-group retreat the first time he stood in front of a crowd and tried to be funny, telling a long yarn about fearing to...

Source: Wall Street Journal May 24, 2019 15:18 UTC