Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis 2021 Blog Number 30 July 26, 2021 Healing Hands? It was difficult for me to refrain from hospital calling during the Covid-19 pandemic. I have done a lot of hospital sick calls in my thirty-seven years of ordination. For me, hospital calling is more than part of …
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Holy Name Hospital and Visiting Clergy
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis 2021 Blog Number 29 July 19, 2021 Holy Name Hospital and Visiting Clergy It has been a common practice for hospitals to allow visiting clergy free parking privileges, and often extensions above and beyond visiting hours. This has been my experience since I was a seminary student …
1776, 1833, 1865 and Slavery
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis 2021 Blog Number 28 July 12, 2021 1776, 1833, 1865 and Slavery This week I finished the last of my July 4 rituals. There are three that I have. Of course, I have a party. That is the most important one. It was family only a year …
America’s Birthday Party: Make A Wish!
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis 2021 Blog Number 27 July 5, 2021 America’s Birthday Party: Make A Wish! “Make a wish and blow out the candles.” How many times have we heard that sentence? It depends on how many years we have lived. The wishes on my birthday have changed over the …
Driving Out Demons
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis 2021 Blog Number 26 June 28, 2021 Driving Out Demons On the Monday that this is posted I will be conducting a burial service for a man who grew up in our congregation. He died, troubled and alone in an SRO (single room occupancy) in a city …
Juneteenth: An American Thing
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis 2021 Blog Number 25 June 21, 2021 Juneteenth: An American Thing A few years ago, I mentioned Juneteenth during a worship service. I was surprised that most folks had never heard of it. I wanted to make a bigger deal of it but most of the consistory …
What Are We Made Of?
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis 2021 Blog Number 24 June 14, 2021 What Are We Made Of? Recently, for reasons known only to God, my attention was drawn toward a rock that I keep on the desk of my home office. This rock has no specific significance other than I like it …
A Parable For Today
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis 2021 Blog Number 23 June 7, 2021 A Parable For Today A family had lived in their home all their lives. Before them, their forebearers had lived in the same home on the same land. The family, their ancestors and members of their tribe had inhabited this …
Happy Memorial Day?
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis 2021 Blog Number 22 May 31, 2021 Happy Memorial Day? “Happy Memorial Day,” I was told recently. The person I was speaking with continued. “Are you going to have a big party? I’m ready to party down!” “Isn’t Memorial Day supposed to be a day of remembering …
Abraham’s Tears
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis 2021 Blog Number 21 May 24, 2021 Abraham’s Tears There is now a cease fire between Hamas in Gaza and forces of the Israeli Military. Thank God this recent violence between these two has ended. I don’t believe that it ended quickly enough. I read a report …
