Friday

Usual weekday AM routine, Morning Prayer in the cathedral.
Today’s task list was long on short items–i.e. a long list of things, most of which involved answering emails about pastoral and administrative matters, responding to requests for appointments, and the like. That’s what I got started with.
The balance of the morning was devoted to spending quality time with commentaries on St Luke’s gospel, in preparation for preaching on Easter III at St Thomas’, Salem.
Lunch at home. Leftovers.
Spoke by phone with a longtime good friend who is now a retired bishop. We are a support to one another.
Another stack of email-driven pastoral/administrative/consultative engagements.
Made lodging arrangements to attend the meeting of the Nashotah House corporation (of which I remain a member) in May.
Canceled my registration (and hotel reservation) to attend the scheduled triennial synod of Province V nest month. #cutbackonunnecessarytravel
Processed my physical inbox: scanning, categorizing, tagging.
Put on my best pastor’s hat to respond by email to a message from a lay communicant in the diocese in which I had to give an answer that I know disappointed the person. Time will tell whether my efforts to maintain cordiality and goodwill while doing so will succeed.
Friday prayer: Lectio divina on the OT daily office reading for tomorrow–Moses and the burning bush.
Evening Prayer in the office.