Seekin' Deacon

In this episode we spend time with the Rev. Ginny Wilder, she is the Priest serving at St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She shares her journey growing up in Summerville, South Carolina. She was raised in an Episcopal Church and a loving community. She journeys on and has a vulnerable conversation with her family that she is gay. She is confronted with this in college a...

We continue letting go with Fr. Mawethu. We dive deep into his spiritual practices and the anchor of the Episcopal Liturgy as part of his journey. Running is a way to feel euphoric and practice a discipline of self-care—the gift of sharing a Psalm each day with his family and reflecting on it together. St. John's has healed his wounds and offered a very creative space. It is a low church with a fr...

In this episode of the Seekin' Deacon with Fr. Mawethu Ncaca from St. John's Episcopal Church in Wake Forest, NC, Mawethu shows his struggles with the Bible and making sense of it all. He also shows how there is so much more once one lets go and gives oneself to Christ. Mawethu also speaks of some of his experiences witnessing Nelson Mandela's patience as he navigated through apartheid in South Af...

Please join Rev. Mawethu Ncaca, the Associate Priest at St. John's Episcopal Church in Wake Forest, NC,  as he shares his rich faith journey. In his contemplative wisdom, Mawethu explores his journey from South Africa to the United States and his immersion into a new and different world. He shows the sometimes unexplainable "feelings" of gratitude and faith.

We explore the landscape and spiritual journey that has both shaped and changed the Rev. Canon Fr. Morales over the years. Silent prayer has been so important in his past practices of a daily three-hour devotion that has taken place for fifteen years. The importance and influence of the Carmelite order, a very human prayer that embraces the contemplative life, our needs to be grounded and to have...

This episode explores Canon Franklin Morales's journey around vocation and, ultimately, priesthood. The void inside him that something was missing, and his memories of the joys that church offered him in the past. There were signs placed in front of him during the youth phase when he became more involved in teaching Sunday School and serving as an Acolyte. He pondered and desired to get married an...

The Rev. Canon Frankin Morales of the NC Episcopal Diocese of Latino Ministry discusses his rich journey of growing up in Venezuela. His Grandpa took him under his wing and introduced him to the robust Catholic Church and the importance of the catechism. He also discusses his relationship with the maternal figure, the Virgin Mary, the never-ending presence of prayer, silence, and obedience, and th...

The Rev. Jemonde Taylor leans into the history of St. Ambrose. The explanation of the honeycomb and its ties to the community environment, St. Ambrose of Milan, the first Dr., and the honey tongue preacher. Fr. Taylor explores the ancient text and how the family continues to provide his grounding for ministry, faith, and mission with the community. Fr. Taylor's spiritual practices reflect the conv...

The Rev. Jemonde Taylor explains the forward-thinking of St. Ambrsose and the Jazz Mass. He also explores the impact of how music speaks to the people and the basis of beauty in liturgy. The churches DNA is one of embracing black music and how it has reached out effectively to a younger demographic. A beautiful intergenerational service is offered and established through the art of jazz. The origi...

Fr. Jemonde Taylor from St. Ambrose Episcopal Church examines the Christian Church and the strain on the church. The taking of non-Christians for enslavement and the millions of Africans forced to be taken from their homes and also from their land. What are we doing to disrupt that? Fr. Taylor shares practices at St. Ambrose and in the community, the dualistic nature of black vs. white in scriptur...

The Rev. Jemonde Taylor, the Rector at St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, shares his journey in faith and spirituality and his growing up in Louisburg, North Carolina. We explore the land and God's creation and how this ties into the forward-thinking ecological initiatives in the surrounding community and the parish.