Deacon Reflections

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, I silently wonder how t...

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 idea of entering the discernment pro...

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 only being whispered to o...

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 to help heal the broken and troubled wor...

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. Indeed, when I open my mouth to say something in a language other ...

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 is what I do, it�...

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 we all shared the various mi...

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. I was entranced—the s...

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 I was never sure was a dream or a nightmare. ...

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 1982 when furing a conversation ...

Deacon Reflection: Learning Through Experience

Deacon Reflection: I Have a Question

Deacon Reflection: The Call Just Keeps Coming

Deacon Reflection: Servant Leaders

Deacon Reflection: ¿Habla usted Español?

Deacon Reflection: We Are All in This Together

Deacon Reflection: A Disturbance of Deacons

Deacon Reflection: An Early Call and Exploring the Answer

Deacon Reflection: Someone Please Answer the Phone

Deacon Reflection: An Unusual, Often Reluctant Diaconal Ministry

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Deacon Reflections

Deacon Reflection: Learning Through Experience

Deacon Reflection: I Have a Question

Deacon Reflection: The Call Just Keeps Coming

Deacon Reflection: Servant Leaders

Deacon Reflection: ¿Habla usted Español?

Deacon Reflection: We Are All in This Together

Deacon Reflection: A Disturbance of Deacons

Deacon Reflection: An Early Call and Exploring the Answer

Deacon Reflection: Someone Please Answer the Phone

Deacon Reflection: An Unusual, Often Reluctant Diaconal Ministry

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