We all had to surrender our IDs, access cards, keys and pagers, so I was taking pictures of everyone's on our last day. It feels like just yesterday that I was getting everything and - just like that - they're gone!
It's strange. When I walked around Emory, no one knew that I was a theology student. You could easily tell the medical students and the nursing students because they were in white coats, scrubs, etc. But it's not as though the theology students walked around with clerical collars on - we could blend right in!
In the hospital - there was no blending in. It was right there on my badge. People knew I was the chaplain. Eventually doctors, nurses, social workers and unit clerks started to recognize me. I guarantee I will never again be granted that much pastoral authority by such a small piece of plastic!
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