Greetings Glen Mar, I hope you had a good week and a great beginning to the New Year! I have been down at Duke Divinity School this week, working on my thesis. For those of you who may not know, I have been in the Doctor of Ministry program at Duke Divinity School since August 2023. I completed my coursework…

Greetings Glen Mar, I pray you had a wonderful week and are all ready for Christmas! Alert: only six shopping days left! Remember that even if you don’t have every gift purchased (let alone wrapped), that is not what it truly means to be “ready” for Christmas. Advent is all about getting ready for Christ to come, and if you…

Greetings Glen Mar, I hope you are having a good week and have recovered from the remarkable event “Journey to Bethlehem” this past weekend! We had 1,819 people journey to the manager this year. Thank you to the entire JTB team that made it happen! I don’t need to tell you how much work goes into that production, but I…

Greetings Glen Mar, Last week we talked a bit about how the season of Advent is not just about how Christ came in the past, but also a season of preparing for Christ to come in history, mystery, and majesty. I did a little digging this week and I found that this beautiful framework is credited to St. Bernard of…

Greetings Glen Mar, Happy Thanksgiving, and I pray that you had a nice holiday yesterday! As I said last week, there is so much to be thankful for here at Glen Mar. This coming Sunday marks the first Sunday of Advent and the beginning of a new liturgical year. The first Sunday of Advent is typically celebrated as the Sunday…