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.

Strong, Rich, or Hungry?--Aug. 22, 2012


Who may abide in your tent,
dwell on your holy hill?
The strong and mighty?
Those who buy their way in?
Or the helpless hungry? The hungry--
at least it was they you fed upon the mountain.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 15; 147:1-11; 48; 4
Judg. 18:16-31
Acts 8:14-25
John 6:1-15

Selected Verses
Ps. 15:1
O LORD, who may abide in your tent?
      Who may dwell on your holy hill?

Judg. 18:26b
When Micah saw that [the Danites] were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his home.

Acts 8:18
Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money…

John 6:11
Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated; so also the fish, as much as they wanted.
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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