Dear Glen Mar friends, When I was in college, I spent every Wednesday at 5 pm in the Chapel basement with Wesley friends—we had a short communion service that I came to love (and I came to crave the Lord’s Supper as a result in my life). It was like a spiritual filling station (what we old timers call “gas…

Dear Glen Mar friends, Happy Lent! If you are searching for some special Lenten disciplines to make this Lent a space “set apart” for some “heart work,” I would suggest reading through the Gospel of Mark as a discipline (It’s the shortest….) for this 40 day time, and embracing prayer 5x day (waking, meals, bedtime) for God to make God’s…

Dear Glen Mar friends, I’m really excited for this weekend’s conclusion to our Kintsugi series—and Pastor Melaina will be bringing the message while I get to be with our Confirmation Class. I have been given a preview of her message and y’all are in for a blessing! Come on out—you do NOT want to miss it! As we continue in…

Dear Glen Mar friends, I’m thinking about some of the gifts and witness of the Black Church on this first day of Black History Month. I’m no expert on the Black Church, but I have been blessed to serve a largely African-American parish as my first appointment, 14 years ago now, and have had the privilege of journeying with folks…

Dear Glen Mar friends, Did you know that studies have shown that there is a day where, if you have started something new, you are most in danger of quitting? Motivation is a finite (but renewable) resource, as it turns out. Studies have shown that Day 19 is the day when you are most likely to quit that new thing,…