Wednesday (Charles Henry Brent)

Usual weekday early AM routine.
Spoke by phone with a psychotherapist over an ongoing pastoral issue (with the permission, of course, of the one for whom I am trying to care).
Addressed a substantial stack of deferred email replies. This raises my endorphin level because of the number of individual to-do items I’m able to check off in somewhat rapid succession. But it’s still time-consuming.
Did some long-delayed scheduled maintenance–cleaning up my computer desktop. Items that are in play just get parked there, but not always filed somewhere else in a timely fashion. It feels good.
Did the finish work (refine, edit, format [14 pt typeface, serifed font, 1.5 spaces, every sentence a hanging indent], print, schedule for posting, put hard copy in my car) on the text of homily for Lent IV (this Sunday at Emmanuel, Champaign). This also involved trouble-shooting a printer issue. It’s always something.
Grabbed some carry-out lunch from the Chinese place around the corner.
Read and responded to a stack of five Ember Day letters from people in various stages of the ordination process.
Reached out by email to a layperson who finds herself in a difficult position in her relationship to the church.
Took a brisk walk with Brenda on an afternoon that felt decidedly not-winter. How utterly welcome.
Worked a brief while collecting documents for my tax-preparer.
Evening Prayer with Brenda.