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.

One Heart and One Way--May 1, 2013


 O Lord, our God,
we are your people--
we worship at your feet;
we extol you; you are holy.

Give us one heart and one way;
let that way be to love one another,
so all who enter see your light of love.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 99; 147:1-11; 9; 118
Jer. 32:36-44
Rom. 13:1-14
Luke 8:16-25

Selected Verses

Ps. 99:5
Extol the LORD our God;
          worship at his footstool.
          Holy is he!

Jer. 32:38-39a
They shall be my people, and I will be their God.  I will give them one heart and one way…

Rom. 13:8
Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

Luke 8:16-25
"No one after lighting a lamp hides it under a jar, or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.  …"  [Jesus to his disciples]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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