Who Will Be the Next Mrs. Weeks?

Here's a story for the "That's Outrageous" category: "Bishop" Thomas Wesley Weeks III, former husband of televangelist Juanita Bynum, is looking for his third wife. However, he wants to make it an educational experience for the rest of us so that we'll "get a Christian perspective on dating and coping with the desire for intimacy. The Pentecostal pastor will soon release a book about the subject called Finding Yourself While In Transition." Additionally, the bishop is launching a reality Web show called "Who Will Be the Next Mrs. Weeks?" which will follow the bishop's quest for a new wife. His standards? She “can’t be ugly. She has to be easy on the eyes.”

Now, I could wax eloquent on this, but it's probably not necessary. This sort of behavior is self-evidently an embarrassment to the gospel. I had lunch with Mr. Weeks in D.C. three years ago when traveling for my previous job, and, suffice it to say, it was one of the most surreal experiences of my life. The saddest part of the story, however, is that he has an adolescent daughter from his first marriage who is likely being exposed to this circus. I pray that there are some sane people in that family who will be able to shield her from this foolishness and provide some normalcy for her life.