The Path to True Greatness

Mark 10:32-45 You’re probably familiar with the musical The Sound of Music. If not, it is the story of the von Trapp family, who fled Austria in 1938 to escape the Nazi regime. When they arrived in the United States, they had only $3.50. They eventually built the elegant von Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vermont. One of the most treasured pieces in the lodge is a rug bearing a Latin inscription Nec Aspera Terrent, which means (Be Not Terrified by Adversity). The rug has a special meaning for Maria von Trapp and her children, the famous Trapp Family Singers. […]