Holy Innocents

• Usual routine. Morning Prayer in the office.
• Began the process of concrete preparation for my Lenten teaching series at St Paul's in Alton. The subject is "Patterns of Ministry." Made broad notes on broad categories.
• Took care of a minor administrative chore.
• Began composing the draft of a sermon for the eve of Epiphany at St John's, Decatur.
• Lunch at home
• Completed the Epiphany sermon draft.
• Wrote out some "talking points" pertaining to the emerging missional vision of the diocese, to the end of giving the clergy who preside at annual parish meetings a substantive resource.
• Took a brief power walk of a bout 20 minutes duration.
• Drafted a sermon for the First Sunday after the Epiphany (Trinity, Jacksonville).
• Organized my February calendar (a routine end-of-month chore, looking at the month after next).
• Evening Prayer in the office.