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.

May Your Name Be Exalted, O God--Jan. 26, 2014


 Whether we go to Jerusalem in response to a revelation,
or go back before the altar where first we found you,
or remain where we are and stand still before you,
we pray you, open our ears, release our tongue,
that we may speak plainly and know you are
God, and exalt your name wherever we go.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 67; 150; 46; 93
Gen. 13:2-18
Gal. 2:1-10
Mark 7:31-37

Selected Verses

Ps. 46:10
 "Be still, and know that I am God!
          I am exalted among the nations,
          I am exalted in the earth."

Gen. 13:4
…to the place where [Abram] had made an altar at the first; and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

Gal. 2:2a
I went up [to Jerusalem] in response to a revelation.

Mark 7:35
And immediately [the deaf man's] ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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