Saturday

Morning Prayer in the cathedral. Breakfast at Charlie Parker’s.
Participated in the development of a formal email announcement to the diocese of Bishop Beckwith’s death.
Did the finish work on my homily for tomorrow, when I will be “supplying” at St Thomas’, Salem and St John’s, Centralia.
Responded to a short stack of emails that had been lingering for a couple of days.
Wrote a promised discretionary fund check to be hand-delivered in the afternoon.
Lunch from Taco Gringo, eaten in the office.
Ran a personal errand–out to Scheel’s for a pair of hiking boots that can stand up to winter conditions.
Moved my sermon prep for Proper 24 (October 20 in Carlinville) from “message statement” to “developed outline.”
Scanned, categorized, and tagged the accumulated hard copy items on my desk.
Packed up my office encampment, loaded the YFNBmobile, and headed down to O’Fallon for a 4pm meeting with the Mission Leadership Team of St Michael’s, as they come to grips with the concrete realities of a pastoral hiatus.
Checked in at the Hilton Garden, walked a lap around their lagoon, caught dinner at a pizza place across the street, walked two more lagoon laps.