I am an emeritus professor from Cornell University and was a Commissioned Lay Preacher in the Presbyterian Church (USA). For many years I have followed the Daily Lectionary as printed in the Mission Yearbook of my church. For each day of a two-year cycle, the lectionary lists four psalms and three other scriptural passages--usually one from the Old Testament and two from the New Testament. My practice is to copy down a verse or two from one of the psalms and from each of the other three passages. After I have written out all four selections, I reflect upon them, rearrange their order, and incorporate them into a meditation. Sometimes I retain much of the original wording; sometimes all that remains of a selection is an idea that was stimulated when I read the original words. All selections are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. For the Daily Lectionary, see the link below.

Strong, Rich, or Hungry?—Aug. 20, 2014

[From Aug. 22, 2012 archive] 

Who may abide in your tent, 
dwell on your holy hill? 
The strong and mighty? 
Those who buy their way in? 
Or the helpless hungry?  The hungry--
at least it was they you fed upon the mountain. 

Lectionary Readings 
Ps. 15; 147:1-11; 48; 4 
Judg. 18:16-31 
Acts 8:14-25 
John 6:1-15 

Selected Verses 
Ps. 15:1 
 O LORD, who may abide in your tent?
          Who may dwell on your holy hill? 

Judg. 18:26b 
When Micah saw that [the Danites] were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his home. 

Acts 8:18 
Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money…

John 6:11 

Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated; so also the fish, as much as they wanted. 
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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