Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis 2021 Blog Number 43 October 25, 2021 Moving Away or Moving Towards? After I was born I came home to my parent’s house, was put in a bedroom, and there I stayed until I left for college. Moving was not anything I had experienced although I did …
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Grandsons and Christian Mentoring
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis 2021 Blog Number 42 October 18, 2021 Grandsons and Christian Mentoring My younger grandson turned two years old this week. In just a few months my older one will be three years old. It does not seem possible that close to three years ago my life changed …
One Young Man Lived and One Young Man Died
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis 2021 Blog Number 41 October 11, 2021 One Young Man Lived and One Young Man Died My Sunday afternoons are usually a mixture of happiness and fatigue. I’m happy after worship and the chance to interact with congregation members. I always feel fatigue when the adrenalin declines. …
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Grief Delayed
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis 2021 Blog Number 40 October 4, 2021 Grief Delayed Saturday I spent part of my day away from my normal schedule of sermonizing and paused to watch an online memorial service for an important mentor, Rev. Allan Janssen. He died more than a year ago, in April …
Religious Exemption
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis 2021 Blog Number 39 September 27, 2021 Religious Exemption I have heard on the news that many people are requesting a “religious exemption” from getting vaccines. To me it seems that vaccines are more of a public health issue than a religious one. Recently a colleague from …
It’s Too Late Now!
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis 2021 Blog Number 38 September 20, 2021 It’s Too Late Now! A month or so ago, I read a news article on the Yahoo news feed. It was an intriguing story of the pain a sadness of physicians who have been working diligently during the Covid-19 plague. …
Twenty Years after 911
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis 2021 Blog Number 37 September 13, 2021 Twenty Years after 911 I wrote this blog as I watched television coverage of the 911 Memorial. This, of course, is the twentieth anniversary of that murderous act. When I see it, I still get angry as I did twenty …
A Bitter-Sweet Vacation
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis 2021 Blog Number 36 September 6, 2021 A Bitter-Sweet Vacation One of the benefits of pastoring churches is the wonderful vacation packages that pastors receive. I am given a month of vacation. Usually I take off all of August. It is wonderfully refreshing to get a month …
What Would Jesus Do or Not Do?
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis 2021 Blog Number 35 August 30, 2021 Vacation Blog #5 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. What Would Jesus …
Shakespeare Is Timeless
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis 2021 Blog Number 34 August 23, 2021 Vacation Blog #4 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. Shakespeare Is Timeless …
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