Tuesday (St Nicholas)

Task planning at home over breakfast.
Quickly processed a modest stack of hard-copy items on my desk when I got to the office.
Morning Prayer in the cathedral.
Dealt via email with a pastoral-administrative item that has been on the radar for a few days.
Got to work on my homily for this Thursday’s ordination of Richard Lewis to the priesthood.
Conferred with the Administrator, the Archdeacon, and the Treasurer on an emergent administrative concern that has financial implications.
Lunch at home.
Returned to the ordination sermon, bringing it to the rough draft stage.
Refined, edited, and printed a working text of my homily for this Sunday at Trinity, Mattoon.
Hand-wrote notes to a selection of clergy and spouses with December birthdays and anniversaries.
Cleaned up the desktop on my computer, a periodic routine maintenance chore.
Evening Prayer in the cathedral.