The minister of natural resources is probably looking for some divine intervention these days.

Last week she barely held onto her cabinet job, while her press secretary wasn't so lucky. Jasmine MacDonnell had to resign after a binder of secret documents was left behind in a national newsroom.

Now, the minister, Lisa Raitt, has hired Steve Outhouse to help fill MacDonnell's shoes. Outhouse has a part-time communications business. He devotes the rest of his time as the part-time pastor at the Greenbelt Baptist Church in Ottawa.

It's too early to say if the interim preacher will be successful in getting any help from above. Monday is his first day on the job.

— Susan Lunn