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.


Resources You Give Us--Nov. 20, 2011



Lord, you give us resources to use for your kingdom.
You lead us in right paths, for your name's sake.

You provide a highway for us to share your gifts.
Give us also joy and peace in believing,

that we may abound in hope by
the power of your Holy Spirit.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 108; 150; 66; 23
Isa. 19:19-25
Romans 15:5-13
Luke 19:11-27

Selected Verses
Ps. 23:3b
He leads me in right paths
      for his name’s sake.

Isa. 19:23
On that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.

Romans 15:13
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Luke 19:13
"…[The nobleman] summoned ten of his slaves, and gave them ten pounds, and said to them, 'Do business with these until I come back.' …" [Jesus to the crowd]
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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