Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis Blog Number 18 May 4, 2020 Heroes in Hard Times Part Five

Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis Blog Number 18 May 4, 2020 Heroes in Hard Times Part Five This blog is a shout out to our Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance Corps in general and specifically highlighting Melissa Naylis, a dear friend and Ambulance Corps member. I can’t claim Melissa for one of our own. …

Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis Blog Number 17 April 27, 2020 Heroes in Hard Times Part Four

Monday Ministerial Musings By Rev. Mark William Ennis Blog Number 17 April 27, 2020 Heroes in Hard Times Part Four 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 16 April 20, 2020 Heroes in Hard TimesPart Three

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 …

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 …

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 …