By The Rev. Beth McKee-Huger Last month our Old Testament reading was from Jonah, how God called him a second time to go to Ninevah and tell them that “if …
Deacon Reflection: A Two-Way Bridge
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Deacon Reflections
Deacon Reflection: Someone Please Answer the Phone
By The Rev. Bob Thomas An old fashioned telephone ring always jars me wide awake. From the time I was nine years old, I had a recurring night vision that …
Deacon Reflection: An Unusual, Often Reluctant Diaconal Ministry
By The Rev. Deb Blackwood By training and inclination, I am an educator. I am also someone who spent 50 years running from God’s call. It first came up in …
Deacon Reflection: An Early Call and Exploring the Answer
By The Rev. Rebecca Yarbrough When I was a very little girl, maybe three years old, my mother introduced me to St. Thérèse of Lisieux through some floppy children’s books. …
Deacon Reflection: We Are All in This Together
By The Venerable William Joyner In the 1970s TV movie Queen of the Stardust Ballroom, the postal worker portrayed by actor Charles Durning says to his love interest, “A mailman …
Deacon Reflection: A Disturbance of Deacons
By The Rev. Sallie Simpson I recently attended the annual Deacons’ Retreat for the Diocese of North Carolina. Many of the deacons were there, and as part of the retreat …
Deacon Reflection: ¿Habla usted Español?
By the Rev. Katherine Johnson As an English speaker who began learning Spanish while in my 40s, I am definitely not fluent, and I can’t easily converse with native speakers. …
Deacon Reflection: Servant Leaders
By The Rev. Bonnie Duckworth Deacons are called to serve the church and the world in a variety of ways. As servant leaders, we offer our own talents and gifts …
Deacon Reflection: The Call Just Keeps Coming
By The Venerable Jan Lamb The call just keeps coming…. Like many other deacons, I resisted the call to ordained ministry. In fact, I ran from it. But after not …
Deacon Reflection: Learning Through Experience
By The Rev. Mark Davidson As I pull into the parking lot at the Forsyth Correctional Center and start toward the sergeant’s office to sign in for the morning’s activities, …
Deacon Reflection: I Have a Question
By the Rev. Larry Conrad, Jr. I remember that dreaded question. I was warned I would be asked it over and over and over again. I probably delayed entertaining the …
Deacon Reflection: No Weak Links
By The Rev. Dan Laird When I was a young boy growing up in a small town in western Pennsylvania, I was extremely thin, awkward and uncoordinated. Try as I might, I was …
