Latest Posts
North Carolina Disciple
Disciple: Advent: The Waiting Time
posted on Jan 4, 2021 Toni Morrison was a prolific Nobel Prize-winning author, and among her collection of memorable works of fiction is a book called Jazz . In the prologue, the character speaks of love. She says, "But I can't say that aloud; I can't tell anyone tha...
Read More
North Carolina Disciple
Disciple: The Abundance of Community
posted on Jan 4, 2021 Abundant Life Ministries began in 2019 as a health outreach ministry to economically and medically vulnerable people in north Greensboro. Its roots extend back to at least 2017, however, when the Rev. Audra Abt, at the time serving as a diocesan ...
Read More
North Carolina Disciple
Disciple: A Season for Acts of Love
posted on Jan 4, 2021 Diocese of NC is taking part in ONE THOUSAND DAYS OF LOVE
Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from God. (Psalm 127:3)
As we celebrate the seasons of Advent, Christmas and Epiphany, I find myself thinking about c...
Read More
North Carolina Disciple
Disciple: We Press On
posted on Jan 4, 2021 I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained this or have already rea...
Read More
North Carolina Disciple
Disciple: Rising to the Challenge
posted on Jan 4, 2021 Pulling together in a time of pandemic
It's been a tough year. No doubt about it. A pandemic, social unrest and a tumultuous election have come together to affect virtually every aspect of our lives.
And yet-some things didn't change....
Read More
North Carolina Disciple
Disciple: Behold, I am Doing a New Thing
posted on Jan 4, 2021 In lieu of Annual Convention, the Diocese gathered online to celebrate its accomplishments this year As with so many other events this year, the 205th Annual Convention of the Diocese of North Carolina had to be rescheduled in light of...
Read More
North Carolina Disciple
Disciple: The New Disciple
posted on Jan 4, 2021 A new digital version is available to all readers
Change can be hard, but it can also bring unexpected gifts and new opportunities. Among all of the changes wrought by COVID-19 this year, we were given one of those gifts.
In the early da...
Read More
North Carolina Disciple
Disciple: Navigating the Debris in the Road
posted on Jan 4, 2021 On a mild and sunny October afternoon, Debbie and I drove to a nearby park in Durham for a walk. We have been trying to find one afternoon each week to explore some of the beautiful places nearby where we can enjoy the North Carolina countryside,...
Read More
Caminando with Jesus
CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: Family Feud
posted on Dec 30, 2020 A fter the wise men had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him....
Read More
Caminando with Jesus
CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: Away in a Manger? Reflections on the Nativity
posted on Dec 23, 2020 I n those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All went to their own towns to be registered. Joseph also went ...
Read More
