Greetings Glen Mar, When was the last time you looked at the Beatitudes in Matthew 5:1-12? How about the entire “Sermon on the Mount”? As our resident Bible scholars are aware, the Beatitudes kick off Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount, which covers chapters five through seven of Matthew’s Gospel. The teachings in these chapters are widely regarded as Jesus’s core…

Greetings Glen Mar, What a week! This past Monday was Glen Mar’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. While this has been happening for 12 years, it was my first time witnessing firsthand the beauty of what God does through this church. We welcomed over 1,000 participants into the building, and who knows how many more at our…

Greetings Glen Mar, I hope you had a good week! This past Tuesday and Wednesday, I had the privilege of serving on the Baltimore-Washington Conference Board of Ordained Ministry (BOOM) at the annual ordination exams. I have been serving on the BWC BOOM since 2022, as part of my connectional service. Over those two days, I listened to the stories,…

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…