10/21/20: She Must Be One of the Barretts of Push Poll Street October 21, 2020 iambanapestAmy Coney Barrett, Federalist Society, founders, groom, Jesus, Jesus' name, limerick, Notre Dame, perfume, poem, poet, push poll, SCOTUS, setting up shop, The Barretts of Wimpole Street, TrumpLeave a comment Image
08/23/20: The Text for Today’s Sermon Comes From Eleven John August 23, 2020August 23, 2020 iambanapestChrist, famous, fascism, fiercely inept, Jesus, Jesus...wept, John 11:35, limerick, poem, poet, poetry, prepped, shortest Bible verse, somebody do something, terse, TrumpLeave a comment Image
07/01/20: For White People Who Have Considered Solidarity / When Hand-Wringing Is Enuf July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 iambanapestFor Colored Girls..., hot soup, institutional racism, Jesus, limerick, moral billing practices, Ntozake Shange, poem, poet, poetry, racism, solidarity, systemic racism, Trump, white peopleLeave a comment Image
04/12/20: Easter Homily April 12, 2020April 12, 2020 iambanapestdaughter, Easter, homiletics, homily, it happens as easily, Jesus, Jesus H. Christ, laughter, limerick, lust, National Poetry Month, poem, poet, poetry, slaughter, Trump, unchallenged lies, walking on waterLeave a comment Image
03/15/20: The Closest Thing to an Apology You’re Ever Going to Get From God March 15, 2020March 15, 2020 iambanapestapology, Battle Hymn of the Republic, boob, fine tuning, fjord, God, Jesus, limerick, Lordly boredom, lube, orange, poem, poet, poetry, Sweet Jesus, terrible swift sword, Trump, Trump limerick, Trump poetryLeave a comment Image
02/03/20: Although I Do Itch Like a Man on a Fuzzy Tree, I Have Never Been in Love February 3, 2020February 3, 2020 iambanapestAll Shook Up, American greatness, Diet Coke and Whoppers, drugs, Elvis, Elvis Presley, flunky, friend peanut butter and banana sandwich, fuzzy tree, Graceland, Jesus, junkie, limerick, murderous thugs, nanners, poem, poet, poetry, Putin, Russia's flunky, saint, sainted, sanctified, Trump, Trump limerick, unhealthyLeave a comment Image
01/20/20: Pomp and Pence and the Siren Song of Armageddon January 20, 2020 iambanapestflesh-melting, googly eyes, googly-eyed, hair, Iran, Iran war, Iran whispering, Jesus, Jesus-in-rockets, lead-lined, limerick, Mikes, mussed, pants, Pence, pockets, poem, poet, poetry, Pompeo, Rapture or Bust, rockets, Trump, Trump limerick Image
12/25/19: Christmas Eve Thoughts at Whatever Rando Church They Dragged Me To December 25, 2019December 25, 2019 iambanapestass, cheap bibles, Christ child, Christmas, church, flings, frankincense, gifts, gold, Jesus, leg numbness, limerick, manger, myrrh, no strings, ox, payoffs, poem, poetry, rando, seediest, seedy, shepherds, Stormy, three kings, Trump, Trump limerick, virginLeave a comment Image
12/23/19: Baby It’s Cold Outside, and Also Inside if You Happen to Be a Refugee December 23, 2019December 23, 2019 iambanapestbaby it's cold outside, bones, border, cheer, Christ, Christ child, Christ's sake, Christmas carol, fear, immigrants, immigration, Jesus, limerick, lyrics, mucus, noodling, poem, poetry, refugees, shivers, tears, Trump, Trump limerick, Yule, YuletideLeave a comment Image
12/18/19: The Essential Building Blocks of My Calm, Dignified, Christlike Resilience in the Face of Impeachment December 18, 2019 iambanapestblood pressure, body odor, calm, Christlike, dignified, gout, impeachment day, Jesus, limerick, Mafia, mind-blowing, mob, ordering hits, pits, poem, poetry, reek, resilience, shame, the shits, Trump, Trump limerickLeave a comment Image