Gregarious

Today the chaplain interns and the chaplain residents went on a "retreat" to the house on the hill. We ate well. There was a great view. I don't feel like something is really a retreat unless at least half the time is unstructured. That being said, it was really just more work.

On the way out there, I passed this flock of pink flamingos that were standing perfectly still on the side of the road. They reminded me of the many ways we define an organism--a flock being a multi-bodied organism, much like a church. It is both a single body and a multi-body entity.

That is kind of how chaplain services seem to work in the Seton Family of Hospitals. Get a bunch of chaplains into a room and it is hard to know how the spirit will move you-- this can be both good and bad.