Greetings Glen Mar, Yesterday was Palm/Passion Sunday, and it also marked the conclusion of our Sermon Series, “The Desert Mothers and Fathers.” I hope you received something meaningful from the wisdom and lessons of these faithful siblings over the last several weeks, and that you know the desert was never designed to be the destination. The destination is drawing closer…

My dear friends in Christ, In the space of a month, my brother mentioned what he thought was a small ailment and saw his doctor.  We learned it was cancer, that it was aggressive and metastatic, and he died. I am still in a blur about what happened so quickly, and likely will be for a while, but one thing…

Greetings Glen Mar, I hope you are having a great week! Today is the first day of Spring, and we know that warm weather is coming soon. At least, we can hope so. After all, we do live in Maryland. This week, we are going to talk about humility. Amma (mother) Syncletica said: “Just as treasure is soon spent when…

Greetings Glen Mar, This week, we will talk about the wisdom we can find in the wilderness of Lent, and for that matter, life. While the Desert Mothers and Fathers did not often speak of wisdom directly, they alluded to it often as they sought after and taught on what a virtuous life in God should look like. Abba Anthony…

Greetings, Glen Mar! We continue in the Lenten series on the Desert Mothers and Fathers this week, and we are going to talk about a touchy topic: possessions. Specifically, we will examine when our possessions end up possessing us, or in other biblical words: when they become idols in our lives. What is an idol? To think about biblical idols,…