- Planned tasks and processed several emails at home.
- Morning Prayer in the cathedral.
- Continued to process written materials about last night's meeting, and debriefed on the matter with the Archdeacon.
- Planned the order of service for the annual Liturgy of Collegiality (aka Mass of Chrism), which will take place in the cathedral on Tuesday in Holy Week. (This is when the clergy renew their ordination vows and the Bishop consecrates oil used in healing and baptism.) Consulted with the Dean on some of the details.
- Took a phone call from Bishop Ed Salmon, chair of the Nashotah trustees, regarding the special project I am working on.
- Lunch with the Archdeacon at a Thai-Vietnamese restaurant. Tasty.
- Spent more time than I wanted to looking at flight schedules to determine whether I can attend the consecration of the next bishop of Western New York (Buffalo). Finally came to the conclusion that it is not prudent, given my visitation obligation the next morning. Just can't completely trust air travel in small markets when there is no leeway for unanticipated events.
- Met with Jim Hillestad, who handles property and liability insurance for the diocese. He's also no stranger to my office, as his father was my predecessor twice removed. This was just a meet-and-greet. No substantive discussion.
- Worked on my sermon for this Sunday (St Luke's, Springfield).
- Evening Prayer in my office.
Spring 2018 House of Bishops, Day 3
We have new stricter social media rules now in the HOB--no photos taken during a session without the permission of those in it. So ... I'm having to be more creative about finding pics for the blog, because I'm not going to take a panoramic group shot and then contact everyone whose balding head shows in the photo! Once again, the day began with Eucharist. This time, though, I took a pass, and opted for a vigorous walk on a brisk morning. Having looked at the liturgy sheet in advance, there were enough triggers that I knew the net spiritual effect for me would be negative. #selfcare I will say, however, that HOB worship has gotten incrementally less problematic during the tenure of the current Presiding Bishop, and I give props for that. When we convened at 10:15, there were the usual announcements, then a whirlwind set of summary reports from bishop members of the Standing Committee on Liturgy and Music (SCLM) and the Task Force on the Study of Marriage. The full report
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