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.


Throughout All Ages--June 20, 2011


Your name, O God, endures forever,
your renown throughout all ages.
No other is worthy of worship.

The whole message about this life—
Heaven and earth will pass away;
your words will not pass away.


Lectionary Readings
Ps. 135; 145; 97; 112
1 Sam. 5:1-12
Acts 5:12-26
Luke 21:29-36

Selected Verses
Ps. 135:13
Your name, O LORD, endures forever,
      your renown, O LORD, throughout all ages.

1 Sam. 5:3a
When the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, there was Dagon, fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD.

Acts 5:19-20
But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors, brought [the apostles] out, and said, “Go, stand in the temple and tell the people the whole message about this life.”

Luke 21:33
“…Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. …” [Jesus to his disciples]
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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