Friday

Usual weekday AM routine. Morning Prayer in the cathedral.
Attended by email to an ongoing pastoral/administrative matter.
Began developing my sermon outline for Proper 23 (October 15 at St Matthew’s, Bloomington) into a full-fledged rough draft.
Interrupted this work for an 11am appointment with a priest from outside the diocese who is interested in rectifying that situation and coming to work here. We had a very productive conversation.
Went to lunch with said priest, along with the mutual friend from St Louis who drove him to Springfield, and Brenda, at Cooper’s Hawk on the west side.
Returned (on the late side–long lunch) to finish my homiletical work.
Friday prayers–at the cathedral organ bench playing through material from the Hymnal 1940. Discarded relics suddenly become newly-discovered treasures, fueling good prayer.
Evening Prayer in the cathedral.
Left for home on the early side, around 4:30.