Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis 2021 Blog Number 1 January 4, 2021 Politics and Religion On December 22, 2020 John Gabriel wrote an opinion piece for USA Today. This article which was titled, “God help us: We’re losing our religion and filling void with politics.” In this article he argues that religious …
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Persons of the Year?
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis Blog Number 45 December 28, 2020 Persons of the Year? I have been a subscriber to Time Magazine since the 1970’s. In high school I took a class that examined current global political issues. Our textbook was Time Magazine. I discovered that a subscription was cheaper than …
A Tradition With A Twist
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis Blog Number 44 December 21, 2020 A Tradition With A Twist For decades one of our deacons has been making Christmas Deacon ornaments. These are made as members order them. It is a fine tradition and my tree displays every ornament for the past fourteen years. They …
Reflections on A Charlie Brown Christmas
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis Blog Number 43 December 14, 2020 Reflections on A Charlie Brown Christmas A while ago I was asked what my favorite Christmas movie was. My answer is simple. I have two. My favorite is “The Nativity Story” from 2006 and “A Charlie Brown Christmas” from 1965. I …
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis Blog Number 42 December 7, 2020 An Advent Tragedy On Saturday a beloved and historic church was ruined from a fire. The church, Middle Collegiate Church in New York City has been a Christian presence in New York City since its founding in 1628 and has been …
God’s Ripples of Mission
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis Blog Number 41 November 30, 2020 God’s Ripples of Mission From the beginning of the Corona plague until mid-October, we held our worship service only on-line. We held a re-opening on October 15. How this happened was that in September a number of church members requested this. …
Dozens blessed from throw-aways
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis Blog Number 40 November 23, 2020 Dozens blessed from throw-aways Not so long ago I received a phone call from a woman in the church. She works at MPS Enterprises, a marketing company. Frequently this company has food products for their use. What to do when the …
A Christian Village at its best
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis Blog Number 39 November 16, 2020 A Christian Village at its best I received an email recently from Family Promise. This is the group that, among other things, coordinates feeding of homeless as well as economically insecure people in our area. Several times a year our congregation …
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis Blog Number 38 November 9, 2020 Another Covid-19 Lose During the early Corona Virus surge I learned of two Reformed Church mentors who died of Corona. This week I learned of another Reformed Church Christian gentleman who died of this virus. He was Dr. Gordon Van Wylen …
Election Day Rant
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis Blog Number 37 November 2, 2020 Election Day Rant Tomorrow is election day and this is my annual blog rant about voting and elections. It bothers me that many people do not vote. Voting is one of the greatest rights that we have. Why don’t all of …
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