Review: So bad it's actually funny
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 31, 2012
The basic premise for this short story is that a startlingly handsome new pastor who has been "too busy" to even consider dating anyone meets a homely overweight woman and decides within about an hour that he must marry her becasue she volunteers in the church nursery.At first, I didn't think I could stomach it (and I'm about as hopeless as the next romantic), but I stuck with it and by the end I was practically in stitches.  My apologies to the author if all this was meant to be taken seriously, but she has to know it was way over the top.On a more serious note, however, is a sort of side plot.  Nothing is resolved, it's mostly an excuse to give the characters something to talk about, but this is a lack of volunteers within the church (particularly for the children's programs).  I thought this was a good topic since it's a problem for a lot of churches.  The discussion has a few well put phrases, but is marred by the author's apparently sexist attitude.  Over and over the characters say things like... How can we get the moms to help out?  Don't you think the moms should help?  Maybe the moms just need a kick in the pants.  I would have loved to see the conversation sparked by someone saying, "Here's a brilliant idea.  We'd have twice as many potential volunteers if we asked the DADS as well."