Wednesday

Usual morning routine,.
More email communication with Paige about an ongoing project.
Responded to an email query from the chairman of the diocesan trustees.
Attended at some length via email to a substantive emerging pastoral matter.
Responded to an email request for an in-person appointment.
Performed reconstructive surgery on a sermon text from 2000, retrofitting it for use on Advent Sunday at St Paul’s, Carlinville.
Lunched on leftovers.
Reached out to a cleric in another diocese on a pastoral matter.
Personal errands: Home Depot, Goodwill (the fruit of decluttering), and a haircut.
Vigorous hour-long walk.
Took a prayerful first pass at the readings for Epiphany, which falls on a Sunday this cycle. I’ll be at Trinity, Jacksonville.
Evening Prayer with Brenda.