Friday

Morning Prayer in the office.
Did some online Christmas shopping (gifts for staff).
Took a phone call from one of our clergy wanting to give positive feedback and express gratitude for yesterday’s Clergy Day.
Spend the rest of the morning cranking out a first draft of a policy on diaconal ministry in the Diocese of Springfield. Sent it along for comment to … our deacons, naturally.
Lunch at home.
Gave official notice to the Nashotah House trustees of the details for our special winter meeting in early February.
Scanned and otherwise processed my physical inbox.
In my ongoing quest to jump start our companion relationship with the Diocese of Peru, I attempted to reach Bishop Godfrey by phone, and got as far as a lovely conversation with his wife. Progress.
Responded quickly by email to a Province V-related issue.
Friday prayer: Lectio divina on today’s daily office reading from Malachi–a rather well-known passage, thanks to Handel’s Messiah.
Brief devotions in the (cold) cathedral. Evening Prayer in the office.