Gannet Ecclesiology

On the way to a national church committee meeting we have stopped off at the gannet colony. The air is filled with noise.Young birds are squawking raucously for attention. Parents reunited after a day apart are greeting each other with cries of delight. Unpaired individuals are quieter, unsure, withdrawing. The gannet colony is a microcosm of the world, of life, in the late afternoon as we gaze on them from the cliff just above.

What are the parallels between gannets and members of today's church, I wonder... In the evening, at our motel, I think of a few Have a look at: Gannets