Okay, seriously… I am in the wrong line of work.

The newly elected (uhh, does one elect a reverand?) Rev. Dr. Brad Braxton (no relation to Toni, but would still appreciate it if he could “Unbreak My Heart”) is raking in the big bucks, $600k  a year to be exact.

The deal he’s got going with Riverside Church, one of NYC’s mega churches, pays out $600k a year which includes his salary and benefits such as retirement plan, housing allowance,  housing purchase fund for later, private school for his children, maid service, and “self improvement”,  has got a bunch of people up in arms.

The council of the church defends the deal saying it’s absolutely in line with similar churches nationwide. The congregants, on the other hand, are up in arms saying that the reverend is making double what his predecessor did and that in this time of financial hardship that’s totally uncool.  Oh, and some think that he’s a crazy fundamentalist bound to break up the church’s formerly liberal and civic minded congregation.

What ever happened to that vow of poverty?  Oh, those are monks.

Yeah, they have cool robes but no maid service.