We need deacons in this diocese! Deacons of all shapes and sizes, all ages and ethnicities. How do we help make that happen? I believe it begins with us. Last …
Deacon Reflection: Are We Doing All We Can?
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Deacon Reflections
Deacon Reflection: Going with the Holy Flow (Reframing Service During a Pandemic)
“Nobody told me there’d be days like these. Strange days indeed.” John Lennon wrote and sang these lyrics back in the late 1970s, and they have been lingering in my …
Deacon Reflection: These Are Indeed Trying Times
Temple Priest, the Levite (or deacon of that day), the innkeeper and the Samaritan. Now you may ask, what has all this got to do with the suffering in pandemic-ridden …
Deacon Reflection: The Power of Spiritual Exchange
I arranged the bowl and towel on a low table in my office at St. John’s. Above the table, I printed and framed the lyrics, “Will you let me be …
Deacon Reflection: The Hands and Feet of God
I believe God started tapping me on the shoulder when I was about 5 or 6 years old, when in the summers at the beach with my grandparents (all of …
Deacon Reflection: Do Something About It!
Sea of Tiberias; and he showed himself in this way. Gathered there together were Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and …
Deacon Reflection: A Man with a Dream (and a Prayer)
“And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, the oldest among you will dream dreams,the youngest will see visions.” Joel 2:28 …
Deacon Reflection: The Gift to Live with A Foot in the Church and A Foot in the World
“Make him, O Lord, modest and humble, strong and constant, to observe the discipline of Christ. Let his life and teaching so reflect your commandments, that through him many may …
Deacon Reflection: Evolving Ministry
By The Rev. Russell Settles On June 12, 1999, after several years of informal and formal discernment, followed by four years of deacon formation, I was ordained. Since then, I …
Deacon Reflection: Deep like the Rivers
When I think of my journey as a deacon from my ordination on May 19, 2001 to the present, I feel the sentiment of the words of Langston Hughes’, poem, …
Deacon Reflection: I See Grace – A Deacon’s First Year
By the Rev. Rick Sigler It was a chilly January morning when I arrived at Philips Chapel at the Canterbury School. The sun was bright, but the wind was brisk. …
Deacon Reflection: Unimagined Doors
By The Rev. Talmage Bandy Eighteen years ago, at the age of 66, I was ordained a deacon at Emmanuel, Southern Pines. During “the process,” I would often talk with …
