Mod_python error: "PythonHandler py.publisher::handler"

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/mod_python/apache.py", line 193, in Dispatch
    result = object(req)

  File "/home/ustickbaptist.org/py/publisher.py", line 36, in handler
    result = mod.handler(req)

  File "/home/ustickbaptist.org/www/pastorscorner_08-2004.py", line 7, in handler
    req.tpl.merge('pastors-corner_08-2004.html')

  File "/home/ustickbaptist.org/py/tpl.py", line 31, in merge
    self.load(fnm)

  File "/home/ustickbaptist.org/py/tpl.py", line 53, in load
    raise IOError, 'file not found: '+ fnm + '\n' + 'search path: ' + repr(self.path)

IOError: file not found: pastors-corner_08-2004.html
search path: ['/home/ustickbaptist.org/templates']