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Author: Pastor Jon Enright

Joy to the World, the Lord has Come!

Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come and has redeemed his people. He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the […]

Our Kinsman Redeemer

One of the provisions that God made for the people of Israel was the law of the kinsman redeemer, which is described in Leviticus 25. It required a close relative […]

Jesus in Trendyland

Sharon and I were talking about hairstyles this morning, and observing that the new trend for teen boys is to have a wave across their bangs. When I was a […]

Overcoming Failure

One of the challenges we face as pilgrims on the road of discipleship is the frailty of our own convictions. We may commit ourselves to an act of obedience or […]

The Heavens Declare the Glory of God

Psalm 19 is one of my favorite Psalms. It speaks of the glory of God that is made evident by the vastness, perfection and majesty of the world he has […]

A Season of Bright Sadness

As I write this Pastor’s Pen I am also preparing for our annual Ash Wednesday service, which will mark the beginning of the Season of Lent. In the Eastern Orthodox […]

Blessed are the Poor in Spirit

What does it mean to be poor? As a teenager living in Hong Kong, the shortest route home from school was through a crowded “cardboard village,” where the residents lived […]

An Advent Meditation

Luke begins his gospel with the account of a priest named Zechariah, and his wife, Elizabeth; and he begins by telling us two things about them: they were old, and […]

Good News!

In Sunday School we have been talking about evangelism and how to share the good news of Christ with the world. One of the most common reasons people are reluctant […]

Momento Mori

This year, because of the ice storm, we were unable to gather for our annual Ash Wednesday service to receive the sign of the cross in ashes on our foreheads […]

Building Up the Body

When we host a meal at our home, it is usually a joint effort between Sharon and me. Since I am the resident “aficionado of meat” I will usually cover […]

Christmas Greetings 2022 from Pastor Jon

Christmas Tidings “This salvation was something even the prophets wanted to know more about when they prophesied about this gracious salvation prepared for you. They wondered what time or situation the […]

Building On The Rock

Jesus’ parable in Matthew 7:24-27 is about two men, one who built his house on the rock and the other on the sand. The “house” Jesus was referring to, of […]

The Love We Were Made For

The summer before Sharon and I were married she was living with her parents in Auburn Hills and I was living with mine in Romeo. That wasn’t a great distance […]

Life Out of Death

We will celebrate Easter on April 17, and ponder again the wonder of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. I am often struck by the words of the writer […]

Preparing For The Future

The turn of the year is a time for making plans. We take stock of the year that has passed, and we make commitments and establish goals for the year […]

Christmas Greetings 2021 from Pastor Jon

Greetings on behalf of the Enright family! As each year passes and Christmas increasingly becomes a celebration of lights and warm feelings, we are reminded with new awe of the […]

Growing Up

In Prince Caspian, the second of his classic “Chronicles of Narnia” books, C.S. Lewis describes a meeting between Lucy (the youngest of the children who are the main characters in […]

When Avenues Become Obstacles

We recently studied the account of Jesus cleansing the temple from John’s gospel (Jn. 2:13-22). John tells us that the temple was being used as a marketplace, to sell livestock […]

Meditations of a New Grandfather

On December 7, the Enright family received a miraculous Christmas gift, by the name of Rowan Dailey Enright. He weighed 8lbs., 9oz., and in the four weeks since, he has […]