I’m not quite sure how I feel about a church in Kentucky asking their congregation to write letters of love and support for Britney Spears.

On the one hand, she is one messed up girl and I feel more sad for her than anything. So do a lot of other people (like how I slipped in yet another Tori Amos reference there? Steph is going to KILL me one of these days if you all don’t do it first.) Writing letters of love for Brit is a good exercise in finding empathy for someone who isn’t exactly the easiest person to love right now.

But I’m not entirely certain if it’s a church’s place to provide such public loving care and support for a washed up celebrity misfit, no matter how in need of it she is. I can’t help thinking a better exercise might be for them to volunteer at a homeless shelter (lots of mentally ill people there) or create a mentorship program for young mothers. This just smells like a publicity stunt.

-GhostGirl