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.


Slow to Accept, Reluctant to Act--April 10, 2012



You are awesome in your deeds among us,
but we are slow to accept them as real.

Like Pharaoh, we want your blessing, O God,
yet will not bother with your commands.

Teach us to answer when you call--
may our faith be not in vain.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 98; 146; 66; 116
Exod. 12:28-39
1 Cor. 15:12-28
Mark 16:9-20

Selected Verses
Ps. 66:5
Come and see what God has done:
      he is awesome in his deeds among mortals.

Exod. 12:32
"…Take your flocks and your herds, as you said, and be gone. And bring a blessing on me too!" [Pharaoh to Moses and Aaron]

1 Cor. 15:14
…and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation has been in vain and your faith has been in vain.

Mark 16:11
But when [those who had been with Jesus] heard that he was alive and had been seen by [Mary Magdalene], they would not believe it.
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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