Part Three of Sabbatical Begins
Well, part three of the summer sabbatical has begun. On Sunday morning Bev drove me to the airport at 6:30 am. I then caught a 9:00 am flight to Boston, which arrived at just before noon. Then I caught the shuttel bus to Enterprise Rent a Car and picked up my rental - a very small saturn vehicle.
The drive to Cape Cod took about two hours - the traffic was light, and weather slightly overcast.
Today I attended the first of five daily sessions on "organiztional therapy" being sponsored by the Cape Cod Institute. There are over 80 folk doing this course - lots of consultants, department heads, i.e. "movers and shakers." I am the only priest in the room.
The course is being taught by Edgar Schein, the leading theoriest and practictioner of process consultancy in the United States, if not, the world. He has taught at several prestigious universities, and consulted with many national and international organizations.
I have been familiar with his work, through his books, for several years, and used his work in my dissertation.
I am staying at a bed and breakfast at Nauset, which is on historical register. It is old - but very comfortable. The weather is fine, clear skys and hot, for this time of year.
My only exciting event so far has been my hair shampoo leaked in my plastic travel bag, and this morning, when I opened it to shave, the shampoo was on and in every thing, it was a mess!
So - in the order of existential despair - it was a minor occassion.
The drive to Cape Cod took about two hours - the traffic was light, and weather slightly overcast.
Today I attended the first of five daily sessions on "organiztional therapy" being sponsored by the Cape Cod Institute. There are over 80 folk doing this course - lots of consultants, department heads, i.e. "movers and shakers." I am the only priest in the room.
The course is being taught by Edgar Schein, the leading theoriest and practictioner of process consultancy in the United States, if not, the world. He has taught at several prestigious universities, and consulted with many national and international organizations.
I have been familiar with his work, through his books, for several years, and used his work in my dissertation.
I am staying at a bed and breakfast at Nauset, which is on historical register. It is old - but very comfortable. The weather is fine, clear skys and hot, for this time of year.
My only exciting event so far has been my hair shampoo leaked in my plastic travel bag, and this morning, when I opened it to shave, the shampoo was on and in every thing, it was a mess!
So - in the order of existential despair - it was a minor occassion.
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