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.

April 28, 2007

I. Readings
Psalms 23, 92, 114
Daniel 6:16-28
3 John 1-15
Luke 5:27-39

II. Selections
Psalm 114:5
Why is it, O sea, that you flee?
O Jordan, that you turn back? ;

Daniel 6:16
Then the king gave the command, and Daniel was brought and thrown into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, "May your God, whom you faithfully serve, deliver you."

3 John 3
I was overjoyed when some of the friends arrived and testified to your faithfulness to the truth, namely how you walk in the truth.

Luke 5:29
Then Levi gave a great banquet for [ Jesus] in his house; and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others sitting at the table with them.

III. Meditation: Cause to celebrate

You open waters to make way for your people,
and you deliver those who faithfully serve you.
Make us joyful to learn of all faithful service
as we celebrate your presence with sinners.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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