Thursday

Usual AM routine. MP in the cathedral.
Culled a stack of hard copy material I found waiting for me on my desk.
Consulted briefly with Dean Hook on a dangling synod detail.
Attended to some liturgical planning details for next month’s clergy conference. Took longer than I anticipated.
Conferred with the Archdeacon on sundry issues.
Dealt by email with a pastoral issue in one of our Eucharistic Communities.
Lunch from HyVee, eaten at home.
Ran a brief personal errand.
Took a long and prayerful pass at the readings for the Third Sunday of Advent, in preparation for preaching that day at St Luke’s, Springfield. Made appropriate notes.
Resumed and completed work on my next-due Covenant post and sent it on to the merciless editors (whom I love, of course).
Devotions and an attenuated Evening Prayer in the cathedral.