Tuesday (Martyrs of New Guinea)

Usual AM routine.
Prepared to preside and preach at the regular midday Mass in the cathedral chapel.
Tied up some loose ends on a couple of administrative issues pertaining to clergy deployment.
Devoted the rest of the morning, and much of the afternoon, to first-pass rough preparation for a couple of talks I am scheduled to give in two weeks’ time. I’m a presenter at a clergy gathering in the Diocese of Mississippi on the 15th, and then at a public event at the cathedral in Jackson on the 16th. My topics, respectively, are Looking to the Rock from Which You Were Hewn: Soundings and Revelation and Authority and Please Don’t Invite Your Friends to the Eucharist: Being Church in an Unchurchy World. This is at the invitation of the Bishop of Mississippi, but it has grown out of the Delegated Episcopal Pastoral Oversight relationship I have had with the parish of Trinity, Yazoo City.
Duly presided and preached at the scheduled Mass, keeping the lesser feast appointed for the day.
Lunch at Applebee’s with the cathedral Provost, Fr Andy Hook.
Continued to debrief with the Archdeacon over various matters that arise from the time of either his long absence, or mine.
Got back to work on the Mississippi talks. Completed what I had hoped to accomplish. Both are roughed out to a good bit of detail. Back to them next week.
Evening Prayer in the cathedral.