Our Daily Elder DevotionalWe claim no originality for these devotions. One of our elders searches various sources and finds a daily devotion. Consider this a gift from Clinton Avenue Reformed Church: www.clintonave.org. Today’s devotional is from my heart to you. Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ Romans 5:12 New International Version (NIV) 12 Therefore, just as sin entered …
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I write this blog with the consent of the woman whose story I am re-telling. She seemed to appreciate my wanting to tell her story and even posed for the picture of her that I took. It was less than three weeks ago that a long-time member of my congregation, Daria, was in a tragic …
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis Blog Number 29 September 16, 2019 God’s Breath Recently I was diagnosed with sleep apnea. For years my wife has told me that I stop breathing when I sleep but I knew that she was wrong. Finally, just to appease here, I agreed to see a doctor …
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis Blog Number 28 September 9, 2019 Seasons I am back from vacation. I spent a glorious vacation first at my cabin in New York State, and then a weekend at the Jersey Shore at a reunion of my wife’s family. In between I met new friends, connected …
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis Blog Number 26 July 29, 2019 Sabbath Rest Scripture tells us after God created, he rested. Now I don’t pretend to know why god would need to rest. Certainly Jesus, in human form needed rest, but why would God, outside of human form, possibly need to rest? …
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis Blog Number 25 July 22, 2019 In His Presence: Active or Passive? Our lectionary this past Sunday was the very familiar story of Mary and Martha entertaining Jesus. Mary sits at Jesus feet learning from him while Martha does the busy work of entertaining. She certainly has …
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis Blog Number 24 July 15, 2019 Christian Lessons from the USA World Cup Soccer Team I don’t usually watch soccer, but I was inspired enough by the USA team winning, to find a rerun of the game on TV and enjoyed it. I also saw media clips …
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Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis Blog Number 23 July 8, 2019 Coin Counters Years ago, before banks had coin counters, I collected coins in a jar. When the jar filled up I would roll the coins to bring to the bank. I would sit with stacks of coins in front of me, …
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Four Lessons From The Story of NaamanThe Faithful and The Unfaithful Gehazi was the servant of Elisha. He had seen Elisha do incredible deeds in the name of the Lord. He has witnessed the miracle of oil when Elisha blessed a poor widow. He witnessed the miracle that his master worked in granting a child to an older …
May God bless our nation so that we may be a blessing to others.
Pastor Mark Author 