Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis Blog Number 16 April 20, 2020 Heroes in Hard Times Part Three We are inundated with bad and scary news. During this month I will be doing blogs that celebrate heroes in our congregation. I hope that you gain some inspiration from these and receive a respite …
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Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis Blog Number 15 April 13, 2020 Heroes in Hard Times Part Two
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis Blog Number 15 April 13, 2020 Heroes in Hard Times Part Two We are inundated with bad and scary news. During this month I will be doing blogs that celebrate heroes in our congregation. I hope that you gain some inspiration from these and receive a respite …
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis Blog Number 14 April 6, 2020 Heroes in Hard Times Part One
We are inundated with bad and scary news. During this month I will be doing blogs that celebrate heroes in our congregation. I hope that you gain some inspiration from these and receive a respite from the bad news that the media continues to feed us. One member of our congregation, Bob, was a hospital …
Corona: Some Good News
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis Blog Number 13 March 30, 2020 Corona: Some Good News “They are only telling one side of the story.” Have you heard that comment. People of all political beliefs, and people who favor one network over the other, all claim that the other party, or the “wrong” …
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis Blog Number 12 March 23, 2020 The Fruit of the Disposable
I am hearing reports from people in the health care industry of a critical shortage of protective masks. This has a great many health care workers worried about their own protection as well as the protection of their patients. In some cases, I am told, these masks are having to be reused until new supplies …
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis Blog Number 11 March 16, 2020 Corona Virus: Unintended Consequences
We are inundated by fear of the Corona Virus. My heart goes out to the survivors of those who have died from this illness as well as those who are ill from this. We need to be prudent in guarding people from this. My reading indicates that for only a few people in certain age/health …
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis Blog Number 10 March 9, 2020 Consistency
Recently I went on a short trip for a commission meeting for the Reformed Church. I love these meetings. They give me chances to do good work for the Reformed Church in America as well as catch up with old friends who are also on the same commission. We work hard, and have time to …
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis Blog Number 09 March 2, 2020 Giving Up Things For Lent
“What are you giving up for Lent?” That was a question that I remember people asking me since grammar school. Usually the answers were very similiar, “candy, sweets, desserts.” I remember in high school religion a priest asked each of us what we were giving up for Lent. One classmate was given several major detentions …
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis Blog Number 08 February 24, 2020 A Cocoon is a Deacon
I realize that it is unusual to have a cocoon as a church deacon. Cocoons are usually not baptized, much less made into deacons. In this case a church member was ordained as a deacon and only later became a cocoon. Maybe this needs a bit more of an explanation. One of our premier deacons …
Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis Blog Number 07 February 17, 2020 The Village Has A New Look
It was a joy to celebrate the wedding of my daughter and son-in-law yesterday. Months of planning and preparation ended in a wonderful celebration. It was perfect. A few things did not go as planned but it was a spectacular celebration. In truth, this was their second wedding. The first was a small, private one, …
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