Getting It Right
I was in the hospital this week. It was only a brief stay but the lasting impression was that everyone was so NICE ! (It probably helped that it was the hospital where I had done CPE and was a chaplain!) It’s a teaching hospital so they are accustomed to students coming and going. Still, I was impressed as an “outsider” this time by the competence of everyone and their friendliness. I appreciated the chaplain visits I had, including the one from Gary, who is older and who I have known for years, and who is from the Evangelical Free Church of America, and Lars, an Episcopal student, who felt intimidated by me. I was older, a Dominican and an experienced chaplain, after all. But he did fine and their prayers for me focused on all the right things. So one of the things I loved about CPE were all the denominations that were present. The mix was great, and we were all able to learn from one another. (There weren’t any other rel...