Vicar offers stress relief in grave

[FloridaJudy]

I love Reuter's off beat news stories! Whenever I think I'm acting like a complete idiot, I find someone who outdoes me in folly.

Vicar Offers Stress Relief in Grave

BERLIN (Reuters) - A vicar in Germany who had the novel idea of helping parishioners escape the stresses and strains of daily life by letting them lie in an open grave was upset when intrusive journalists spoiled the atmosphere.

"I meant it as a meditative exercise," pastor Thorsten Nolting told Reuters. "I wanted people to think about what weighs on them down in the darkness and gather the energy to resist it."

Nolting, from the western German city of Duesseldorf, said his plan went "horribly wrong" when journalists' persistent questioning as parishioners were "laid to rest" earlier this week ruined the serenity of the occasion.

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSREE85432520080328?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews

I'm not sure who is guilty of worse judgment: the pastor who came up with this idea or the journalists who decided to cover it.