There's a church nearby that is looking for a priest. They've been looking for one for at least a year now. I know this because I drive by once a week, and there's a rather large sign outside in the parking lot that says "SEARCHING FOR A PRIEST". This isn't terribly noteworthy to me, really, other than the method of looking for said priest. I thought there were committees to set up and internal organizational dictums to follow. I didn't know that one could just advertise for a priest and one would magically (divinely?) show up. (Full disclosure: I have a thriving disdain for organized religion. I was shocked -- shocked! -- to read somewhere that %95 of the people of the world believe in God. In my ego-centric world view, I thought that at least half of the world felt as I did.)
However, the last time I drove past the church there was an addendum to the sign. Someone had petulantly added to the top of the sign these equally large red letters: "STILL". As in: "Goddamn it, we're STILL looking for a priest." Or, "I know you drive by every day and this sign has faded into the scenery, but don't ignore this, we're still searching."
Do they think that priests looking for a - what, parish? - church drive around looking for big signs? Do they think that someone (like me) would say "Hey, I just happen to know an out of work priest!" And in the Boston area, isn't that dangerous -- any out of work priests may be that way because they um... took liberties with altar boys?
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