NYTimes story blurs issues in minister's employment problems
Many a reporter has started one kind of story that turns into
another.  You can either break it into two or more stories --
or, as the New York Times recently did, stitch them together.
That’s my guess for why a Times article begins as a piece on
problems of a young minister, then blurs it with several
paragraphs on problems of young ministers in general -- then
makes it about problems of a young, black female minister.  The
main character is a Brooklyn minister who is doggedly pursuing
her calling, despite money and employment issues. She served as
an unpaid associate pastor and worked as a hospital chaplain,
and she still couldn't make it work. Why she couldn't is the
muddled matter.  To read the Times, Atchison is a commanding,
evocative presence, blending vocal skills, body language and
inspirational sermons:  The Rev. Dominique C. Atchison stood at
the lectern in the church fellowship hall, her voice soaring,
her body swaying. There were joyf