Pastor Search Committee
By Kathryn Nutt Shamburger

[Kathryn Shamburger has contributed previously to Christian Ethics Today. She lives in Tyler, Texas.]

We are looking for a preacher
But we first must meet his wife.
Is she overweight or skinny?
Does she eat peas with her knife?
Does she cook and scrub and nurture
Is she thrifty—self denying?
Does she spend much on her hair?
Is her clothing always modest?
Get to every place on time?
Does she sing and play piano?
Do chalk-talk and pantomim
Kind to everyone she sees?
Does she visit all the shut-ins?
Spend much time upon her knees?
Is she very civic minded?
Volunteer for this and that?
Is she absolutely neutral
In a congregation spat?
We are looking for a preacher
But we first must meet his wife.
‘Cause the way these preachers stay on
We could have them both for life!.

Updated Tuesday, January 01, 2002