For Internet Ministers, a Lark Becomes a Passion

It starts when friends asks you to officiate at their wedding, but it often doesn't end there. Many who become ministers with the click of a mouse—through the Universal Life Church or the Church of Spiritual Humanism—find themselves staying in the marriage business, the Chicago Tribune reports. Forging bonds becomes a pleasurable sideline—almost a ministry.

“Once you get into it, it's a deeply felt experience,” says a TV-host-turned-minister. (More internet stories.)