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North Carolina Disciple / Advocacy
Disciple: Advocacy as Evangelism
posted on Dec 6, 2023 Transforming charity into justice
By Aleta McClenney and the Rev. Sally Johnston
[ Image : During the March 15 Advocacy Day at the North Carolina General Assembly, members of the clergy rallied for affordable housing. Photo courtesy ...
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North Carolina Disciple / Racial Reckoning, Justice & Healing
Disciple: It’s About Time
posted on Dec 6, 2023 Your invitation to join a diocesan quest
By the Rev. Canon Lindsey Ardrey
Editor's note: The following piece is adapted from the Rev. Canon Lindsey Ardrey's address to the 208th Annual Convention.
"Now there was a woman w...
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North Carolina Disciple / Racial Reckoning, Justice & Healing
Disciple: Seeing Jesus Through an Indigenous Lens
posted on Dec 6, 2023 Jesus' teachings and Indigenous world views have much in common
By the Rev. Bradley Hauff
Over the last few years, the wider world has begun to understand the abuses and injury done to Indigenous children forced to attend boarding ...
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North Carolina Disciple / Latino/Hispanic Ministries
Disciple: The Feast of la Guadalupe
posted on Dec 6, 2023 A festival of lived faith
By the Rev. Canon Franklin Morales
Editor's note: This reflection is the first-ever article created in Spanish for the Disciple. While the English translation appeared in print, the original Spanish ver...
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North Carolina Disciple / Racial Reckoning, Justice & Healing
Disciple: The Value of Telling Our Stories
posted on Dec 6, 2023 How personal stories enrich our history
By the Rev. Canon Kathy Walker
Telling stories is a time-honored tradition. Most of us are quite familiar with Jesus and his parables in the New Testament. Parables were stories told by Jesus ...
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North Carolina Disciple
Disciple: Communion in the Laundromat
posted on Dec 6, 2023 A simple question creates a sacred space through Laundry Love
By the Rev. James Franklin
"Can we pay for your laundry tonight?"
Favorite. Question. Ever. It elicits a response that is either an excited and often emotional "thank...
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North Carolina Disciple / Campus Ministry
Disciple: A Good Story
posted on Dec 6, 2023 Sharing stories becomes a connection point for young adults
By the Rev. Rick Sigler
We all love a good story.
It's hard-wired in our psyche. Since the earliest humans walked God's creation, we have listened to and told the stories ...
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North Carolina Disciple / Congregational Vitality
Disciple: Making a Place for the Community
posted on Dec 6, 2023 How All Saints', Warrenton, is building toward the future
By Summerlee Walter
Albert and Annie Burges started a day school in their Warrenton home to educate the community's Black children at the end of the 19th century. The Rev. ...
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North Carolina Disciple
Disciple: Commitment, Connections and What They Do Best
posted on Dec 6, 2023 St. Andrew's, Rocky Mount, responds to a community in need after devastating tornadoes
By Christine McTaggart
At midday on July 19, an EF3 tornado touched down in Nash and Edgecombe Counties. With winds of up to 150 miles per hour...
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North Carolina Disciple
Disciple: Extending the Eucharistic Table
posted on Dec 6, 2023 The Advocate, Chapel Hill, keeps finding new ways to share space with the community
By Summerlee Walter
The Church of the Advocate, Chapel Hill, has always been about the creative use of space to serve its community. During its...
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