Sitemap - 2024 - Father Nathan Monk

Why comedy, absurdity, and Stormy Daniels still matter a whole f+cking lot in 2025 (and beyond)

Thoughts on faith, prayer, and the holidays by a fallen priest who has no answers but found peace in the questioning of it all

The very bad day that inspired the joke which launched my comedy career and why I’m retiring it

No matter what Pete Hegseth says, his tattoos are anything but typical symbols of Christianity

What my daughter said when we rewatched Sound of Music the night after the election and what it taught me

This might not be the best thing I’ve ever written but it is one of the most defiant… for now

How driving my ex-wife to the abortion clinic helped me finally learn what it means to love unconditionally

I can’t believe what happened while on tour but I can’t tell you about it on socials for a reason: read this!

How watching The Exorcist with my kids assured me as a deconstructing parent

This is not the greatest essay in the world, no, this is just a tribute

A birthday letter from forty-year-old me to my inner child: a car is no longer your home

It turns out Christians have always hated the Olympics, with one notable exception: Paul

Marvel Jesus, the Olympics, pizza with Stormy Daniels, and what Christianity forgot about the Last Supper

If you grew up on Left Behind books, you’re probably wondering if Trump is the antichrist—and why your parents don’t see it

My response to the baffling assumption just lodged against me concerning Project 2025

This is why the Presidential Debate didn’t feel “unprecedented” to Millennials and GenX voters

The word homosexual never appeared in any translation of the Bible until 1946

Come hang out with me and Stormy Daniels!

The story of Jonathan and David is SO GAY I’m surprised the Far-Right isn’t trying to ban the Bible from public schools

Yes, people can and do change when you argue with them; I am living-proof

The Clobber Verses: Decoded Genesis 19:1-38, Leviticus 18:22; Leviticus 20:13, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, 1 Timothy 1:9-10, and Romans 1:25-27

Unholy Sh+t: the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah had nothing to do with homosexuality

My friend Stormy: the equestrian, author, director, actor, producer, philanthropist, comedian, activist, and…

My visit to Ren Faire reminded me of the biggest way the church taught me to gaslight myself whenever I started to have doubts

Please don't tell anyone else about this until tomorrow but...

The day I purchased my first car was supposed to be exciting but it became a transfer of generational trauma, poverty, and debt

I went to an evangelical church for the first time in 20 years to say goodbye to an old friend

A non-apology for the thing I didn’t say about Taylor Swift because I’m the problem; it’s me

A review of Cowboy Carter by a certified hillbilly son of the South from the streets of Nashville

For the first time, I didn’t go to church on Easter; I spent it with drag queens, sex workers, and rock stars instead

It’s weird that the church keeps pretending Judas is the Joker to Jesus’ Batman, and I’m tired of pretending it’s not

What do I think of Trump hawking Bibles? I’m unsurprised because we’ve been here before

Unholy Sh+t (special edition): a response to Mark Driscoll’s claims about Judas going to Hell

Millennials unloaded on Elmo, and Larry David couldn’t handle them stepping on his brand: complaining

What I learned about the art of necromancy from the fae of West Hollywood