The title of this blog reflects the folk etymology of diakonia, diakonos, and the like, which ancient Greeks believed came from two words meaning "through" and "dust."
A deacon in The Episcopal Church, inhabitant of the least boring city in the USA. I have written four books: Intercession: A Theological and Practical Guide (1995), Many Servants: An Introduction to Deacons (2004), The Passion Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John (chant version, 2007), and Deacons in the Liturgy (2009), and am co-author of Cajun Dancing (1993).
"Leaving New Orleans also frightened me considerably. Outside of the city limits the heart of darkness, the true wasteland begins."
--Ignatius J. Reilly in A Confederacy of Dunces
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