Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis 2021 Blog Number 33 August 16, 2021 Vacation Blog #3 Pastor Mark is on vacation and is not writing blogs now. He pre-wrote and uploaded these vacation blogs before leaving on vacation. Because they are dated they may or may not reflect current event. Where Did The …
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Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis 2021 Blog Number 32 August 9, 2021 Vacation Blog #2 Pastor Mark is on vacation and is not writing blogs now. He pre-wrote and uploaded these vacation blogs before leaving on vacation. Because they are dated they may or may not reflect current event. Ocean Grove Non-Methodist …
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis 2021 Blog Number 31 August 2, 2021 Vacation Blog #1 Pastor Mark is on vacation and is not writing blogs now. He pre-wrote and uploaded these vacation blogs before leaving on vacation. Because they are dated they may or may not reflect current event. You Have A …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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