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.

February 15, 2008

I. Readings
Psalms 22, 105, 130
Genesis 40:1-23
1 Corinthians 3:16-23
Mark 2:13-22

II. Selections
Psalm 105:3
Glory in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

Genesis 40:23
Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.

1 Corinthians 3:16
Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?

Mark 2:13
Jesus went out again beside the sea; the whole crowd gathered around him, and he taught them.

III. Meditation: Where your Spirit dwells

Glory to your holy name, O God;
our hearts seek and rejoice in you.
As the crowd went out to Jesus,
we gather around your teaching.

Though we want to remember,
how easily we forget, O God:
Your people are your temple,
and in us your Spirit dwells.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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