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The Daily Babel

Strengthening faith through satire since the tower fell.

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Sunday School Lesson on Plagues of Egypt Leads to Record Vaccination Turnout at Local CVS

Church Sunday school classroom with woman gesturing at toy frogs scattered across a children's table
View through open church doors toward a distant pastor at the pulpit, warm stained glass light filling the sanctuary
Church Life

Church Youth Group Attempts ‘2016 vs 2026’ TikTok Trend, Accidentally Films Entire Sermon

The 47-minute video has 4.3 million views. The pastor, who doesn’t know what TikTok is, is now the platform’s most unlikely influencer.

Hannah Torres · March 5, 2026

Worship leader on stage with eyes closed playing guitar while fatigued congregation checks watches and stares at ceiling
Church Life

Worship Leader Adds Seventh Chorus of ‘One More Time’ as Congregation Visibly Ages

By chorus six, a deacon had quietly ordered lunch on his phone. The bass player has accepted his fate.

Joel Whitaker · March 3, 2026

Distinguished pastor leaning forward at a wooden church pulpit with one hand extended and a knowing expression
Church Life

Pastor Relieved AI Can’t Replace Him Until It Learns to Make Eye Contact During Altar Call

‘The Look’ — a specific combination of eye contact, raised eyebrow, and slight head tilt — has resulted in 340 conversions over his 30-year career.

Joel Whitaker · March 3, 2026

Young man in a dim church sound booth hunched over a glowing laptop, congregation visible below
Church Life

Church Sound Guy Has Been Running Wrong Slides for 20 Minutes, Congregation Too Polite to Say Anything

The lyrics on screen were for 'How Great Thou Art' while the worship team played 'Good Good Father.' Not one person looked up.

Joel Whitaker · March 7, 2026

Women's Bible study circle in a living room, one woman leaning forward animatedly while others exchange knowing glances
Church Life

Woman Shares 45-Minute Prayer Request That Is Clearly Just Gossip

The request included names, dates, screenshots, and what one small group member described as 'a level of sourcing that would impress the Associated Press.'

Hannah Torres · March 7, 2026

Large enthusiastic church greeter in a polo shirt vigorously greeting a startled smaller man in a bright lobby
Church Life

New Church Greeter’s Handshake So Firm It Constitutes Assault, Deacons Say

Three visitors have filed informal complaints. One man said he 'saw the Lord' but not in the way the greeter intended.

Miriam Pressley · March 8, 2026

Weathered Pyrex casserole dish with masking tape label sitting among potluck dishes on a church fellowship table
Church Life

Potluck Casserole Traced Back Five Churches, Believed to Be Oldest Known Fellowship Dish in Continuous Circulation

Carbon dating is pending, but early analysis suggests the tuna noodle base predates the church’s founding by at least three years.

Ezra Kim · March 8, 2026

Man wedged tightly in the middle of a long church pew surrounded by congregants, looking resigned
Church Life

Man Who Arrived Late to Service Now Trapped in Middle of Pew, Accepts He Will Not Leave Until the Rapture

He is flanked by two elderly women who have not moved since 1987 and a family of six with no concept of personal space.

Joel Whitaker · March 9, 2026

Broken coffee maker on a church counter beside a Keurig, glossy building campaign poster blurred on the wall behind
Church Life

Church Launches $4 Million Building Campaign, Currently Cannot Afford to Fix Coffee Maker

The capital campaign brochure features renderings of a new worship center. The fellowship hall coffee maker has been broken since Pentecost Sunday 2024.

Hannah Torres · March 9, 2026

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