DAYENU
by Bob Wickizer
Scripture: Job 23:1-9, Job 23:16-17, Psalms 22:1-15, Hebrews 4:12-16, Mark 10:17-31
Title: Dayenu
Author: Wickizer
Text: Job 23:1-9, 16-17; Psalm 22:1-15; Hebrews 4:12-16; Mark 10:17-31
Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need
Today I want to share part of my personal journey with you. A life of God's call and my response to that call. A life of indignation, moral disgust, and abnegation. In a sense, I cannot avoid this sermon. The entire weight of today's gospel bears on my life to the point that I understand the opening of Job where he says, "his hand is heavy despite my groaning."
I was hospitalized at age five from October to April with severe ear infections. This ultimately led to the loss of one ear at age 44. I am a few points shy of legally blind without corrective lens, but I did not wear eyeglasses until age ten, the spring of my fourth-grade year. Growing up with sensory deficits, you develop other means of making sense of the world around you. Perhaps that was my curse and my gift.
My grandfather and three of my uncles were attorneys. They had all done very well for themselves. Grandad gave generously to his beloved Episcopal church. The uncles bought farms and Cadillacs. Extended family gatherings sent my mother into depression because she felt that my engineer father could never measure up to the wealth of her brothers. It was a kind of sibling rivalry for adults gone wrong.
As a teenager, I witnessed a horrific car accident involving four of my friends. First on the scene, my best friend and I watched helplessly as our friends breathed their last in a grisly pile of pipes and broken glass. The owner of the construction company that was obviously at fault for this disaster, pulled up in his fancy car, walked over as the last ambulance departed slowly, and said, "What have these damn kids done now?" The police had to restrain the high school football team that gathered. The construction company owner got off scott free a year ...
Author: Wickizer
Text: Job 23:1-9, 16-17; Psalm 22:1-15; Hebrews 4:12-16; Mark 10:17-31
Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need
Today I want to share part of my personal journey with you. A life of God's call and my response to that call. A life of indignation, moral disgust, and abnegation. In a sense, I cannot avoid this sermon. The entire weight of today's gospel bears on my life to the point that I understand the opening of Job where he says, "his hand is heavy despite my groaning."
I was hospitalized at age five from October to April with severe ear infections. This ultimately led to the loss of one ear at age 44. I am a few points shy of legally blind without corrective lens, but I did not wear eyeglasses until age ten, the spring of my fourth-grade year. Growing up with sensory deficits, you develop other means of making sense of the world around you. Perhaps that was my curse and my gift.
My grandfather and three of my uncles were attorneys. They had all done very well for themselves. Grandad gave generously to his beloved Episcopal church. The uncles bought farms and Cadillacs. Extended family gatherings sent my mother into depression because she felt that my engineer father could never measure up to the wealth of her brothers. It was a kind of sibling rivalry for adults gone wrong.
As a teenager, I witnessed a horrific car accident involving four of my friends. First on the scene, my best friend and I watched helplessly as our friends breathed their last in a grisly pile of pipes and broken glass. The owner of the construction company that was obviously at fault for this disaster, pulled up in his fancy car, walked over as the last ambulance departed slowly, and said, "What have these damn kids done now?" The police had to restrain the high school football team that gathered. The construction company owner got off scott free a year ...
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