Thursday (St Ignatius of Antioch)

The day began with a brisk 30 minutes on the treadmill before breakfast.
Morning Prayer in the cathedral.
More debrief with the Archdeacon and the Administrator on the recent synod, discussing some possible tweaks for next year.
Reviewed, scanned, and emailed some financial forms to the representative of the other co-trustee for the Putnam Family Foundation, i.e. a Bank of America trust officer.
Prepared the paperwork for a wire transfer from my Discretionary Fund to a priest/seminary professor in Pakistan whom I met in Thailand two summers ago, and whose ministry operates on a shoestring under extremely adverse conditions. Walked the paperwork up the downtown branch of Illinois National Bank, and finally got the job done, but had to wait rather longer than I was happy about because they were short-staffed today.
Lunch at home–more chicken soup.
Refined and printed a working script of my homily for this Sunday at St Stephen’s, Harrisburg.
Processed the paperwork by which I gave consent to the retirement of two colleague bishops.
Finished drafting, then refined and printed a working script of my sermon to be given a week from tonight in the Nashotah House chapel.
Left at 4:30 with the Archdeacon ahead of a 6pm congregational meeting at St Barnabas’ in Havana, with a quick fast-food dinner at McD’s. I hope and believe we made some substantive progress in pressing the reset button on the mutual ministry there between priest and people. Home a little past 9:30.