“The deacon is like a rescue ship. Not tied in safe harbour, but out in storm seas. Searching for the battered, the bruised, those close to the rocks. It is not reckless, but it is risky. For that is the way of Christ.”
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Though truth be told— we’re all forgeries. Imperfect copies. But God uses us still. Remember this: the stole placed crosswise, diagonal over the heart— that sign is never taken off.
“Deacons are heralds of Christ’s kingdom,” he begins, almost whispering. “Not masters. Not architects. Heralds.
CofE Network of Distinctive Deacons 