Thursday

The first of only three weekdays in the office during the month of February. Usual AM routine; MP in the cathedral.
Conferred with the Archdeacon over an emerging situation in one of our parishes.
Prepared to preside and preach at the midday Mass.
Conferred with the interim Provost over an administrative matter.
Refined and printed my homily for this Sunday, at the Church of the Holy Communion in Charleston, SC.
Met with an individual in the ordination process to take counsel together over plans going forward.
Dashed off an email to somebody else in the ordination process.
Made arrangements to cancel a planned clergy day in June. This was in light of a conversation we had yesterday at the clergy retreat.
Presided and preached at a votive Mass “Of the Holy Eucharist.”
Lunch at home; leftovers.
Met with a delegation from the cathedral Chapter to iron out the last wrinkles in a Letter of Agreement for the Provost-elect.
Rough prep for the first session of my Lenten teaching series at St Michael’s, O’Fallon (“From Getting Wet to Getting Saved: Soundings in the Baptismal Covenant”).
Got about halfway through a draft of an article for the Covenant blog (“Sabermetrics for the Church?”).
Evening Prayer in the cathedral.
In anticipation of their imminent departure from the diocese, Brenda and I took Fr Gene and Deb Tucker out to dinner.