Please join Curtis Mulder, co-pastor at the Ekklesia Church of Raleigh. The church recently moved from a growing and beautiful community that used high school space to St. Mark's, a new community that shares space with non-profits and other ambassadors of love. Curtis shares his Canadian roots, his grounding in teaching, loving, and leading music programs and how they marry with scripture  He was called to move to Raleigh 15 years ago to pursue his passion for ministry. Curtis brings his Canadian "flair" to preaching, which shows in this interview. He also speaks of reconciliation and being the best version of ourselves.

Journey through this final episode with the Rev. Ginny Wilder as she returns home during Hurricane Hugo and spiritually plays Amazing Grace on the front porch of her home in South Carolina. This is a time of beauty with the community and neighbors coming together to sing and laugh. Meeting singer/songwriter Fran McKendree, provided inspiration and he took her under his wing. This revealed that something was in fact "there" around music and sharing with others, even though she is naturally shy and introverted. Her voice was indeed in music and ministry. The final messages she leaves with us and the world, "no one is illegal, nobody is unloved and no one should ever feel unworthy."  Thank you Ginny for making this series memorable. - Cuyler

Friend, in this episode Rev. Ginny is open about soul searching and "soul caring". She shares her practices around keeping healthy boundaries in place and how to be authentic. She left the summer before her senior year of high school to go to boarding school, this allow her to be in full rythme of who she can be but did not realize it at the time. It was a gift from her parents. She shows the importance of being in the right relationship with her beloveds and the position of the church. She has a very eloquent approach and states "God paints a with a brush of all colors" what it means to welcome all people and this being part of the DNA strands of the Episcopal Church.   Away from church was a time for her in the wilderness. She found peace in the mountains and hiking: the taste and rich colors of playing the piano and the thin moments it has offered.

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 as well. She is an acclaimed musician and music gives a space that provides another spiritual outlet. Ginny has a gift for preaching and being present with all under an umbrella of love. The beautiful song at the end of this episode is used with Ginny's permission, titled "Slow Me Down Lord" off her album All Clear. Thank you Ginny for sharing your courageous story and we will have two more episodes with Ginny as part of this series.

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 friendly and welcoming environment. The joy of the Lord is his strength and what we all share.

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 Africa.

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 reasons to pray. Explanation and wisdom around worship and how it needs to move each of us to action. Canon Morales education journey that unfolded spiritually. The powerful statement that "life is prayer."

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 and have a family, and how that strayed from Catholicism. He encountered a priest that encouraged him to attend retreats designed to help others explore a vocation. He felt the push to keep attending and exploring a calling.

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 the repetition of this cadence in daily spiritual life.