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Mark 1:35-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... out of life and giving us a sense of meaning and purpose. And the formula he gave us for a successful life is so simple: love God and love your neighbor. Robert Wuthnow tells the story of Jack Casey, a rescue squad worker. Casey had a difficult childhood. He once said, “All I ever learned from my father is I didn’t want to be like him.” Casey was raised in a tough home, the son of an alcoholic father. But something happened to Jack when he was a child that changed his life. There came a time when ...

2. Death Of A Dream - Birth Of A Church

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... Ireland's famous international comedian, tells the story of the two Irishmen, Casey and Flanagan, who were building a 500-foot tower. Just as they were putting the final brick in place, Casey happened to glance at the blueprints. He said to Flanagan, "We' ... gone back to our safe, dry, listless, spiritless living in our "real world." But waiting often is the very thing that is needed. Robert Schuller tells of a winter at home, when his dad needed firewood. He found a dead tree and sawed it down. In the spring ...

3. You Never Noticed

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... being so preoccupied with our own cares and concerns that we give no thought to the problems of those about us. Professor Robert Wuthnow once conducted some research about why some people are generous and compassionate, while others are not. He found out that many ... toward them had transformed their lives. For example, Wuthnow tells the story of Jack Casey. “All I ever learned from my father is I didn’t want to be like him,” Jack Casey once said. He was raised in a tough home. His father was an ...

4. Good News, Bad News, Good News

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Thomas Long

... it to others. Until Jesus had washed his dirty feet, the self-assured lawyer had no ministry to perform. Sociologist Robert Wuthnow of Princeton University has explored how it is that people make everyday ethical decisions. Many people, he found, perform ... deeply that we feel especially gratified when we are able to pass it on to someone else."2 He tells the story of Jack Casey, who was employed as an emergency worker on an ambulance rescue squad. When Jack was a child, he had oral surgery. Five teeth were ...

5. Trying To Get The Pageant Right!

John 1:19-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... as well. We are giving witness to the unexpected and at the same time the long-anticipated. Christ is born in Bethlehem of Judea. Come let us adore him. 1. IT WAS ON FIRE WHEN I LAY DOWN ON IT. Robert Fulghum. New York: Villard Books, 1989, pp. 52-55. 2. Casey Zesch, Pflugerville, TX. Source: THE LUTHERAN WITNESS 3. THE MERRIEST BOOK OF CHRISTMAS HUMOR. Larry Wilde. New York: Bantam Books, 1991. 4. SHOOT LOW, BOYS - THEY'RE RIDIN' SHETLAND PONIES. Lewis Grizzard. Boston: G. K. Hall & Co., 1987, pp. 20 ...

6. Wash One Another's Feet

John 13:1-17

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Lee Griess

Sociologist Robert Wuthnow of Princeton University has explored how it is that people make everyday ethical decisions. Many people, he found, perform deeds of compassion, service, and mercy because at some point in their past someone acted with compassion toward them. He wrote, "The caring we receive may touch us so deeply that we feel especially gratified when we are able to pass it on to someone else." He tells the story of Jack Casey, who was employed as an emergency worker on an ambulance rescue squad ...

7. Do Not Lose Heart

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... before our eyes under the heavy responsibilities of their office. We are told that during the Vietnam War, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara busied himself with the minor details of war planning to distract himself from the futility of that terrible war ... be done today. Did Jesus not say, "Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will take care of itself?" (Matthew 6:34) As Casey Stengel used to tell his baseball players when they began to tighten up in the homestretch, "We play'em one at a time." ...

8. Where's the Magic?

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-12

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King Duncan

... the obstacles that you may face . . . even unto eternity? That’s faith. 1. Max Lucado, Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2017), p. 33. 2. Robert A. Jonas, Henri Nouwen: Spirituality and Practice, Orbis Books, 1998. Cited by The Rev. Dr. Casey Baggott, http://day1.org/6463-parked_beliefs. 3. https://www.sermonsearch.com/sermon-illustrations/2237/the-toaster/. 4. God’s Devotional Book Inspiration and Motivation for the Seasons of Life (Colorado Springs: Cook ...

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