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.

We Are All Children of God--June 9, 2018


[From June 10, 2006 archive]

Increase our faith, that we all may be your children,
recognizing our relationship with one another.
Guide us as we go out and as we come in,
and grant us vision to guide one another,
lest guide and followers fall into a pit.
Make us faithful, diligent laborers—
not in pursuit of wealth,
but to do your work
by helping others.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 122; 149; 100; 63
Eccl. 5:8-20
Gal. 3:23-4:11
Matt. 15:1-20

Selected Verses
Ps. 122:8
The LORD will keep
          your going out and your coming in
          from this time on and forevermore.

Eccl. 5:12
Sweet is the sleep of laborers, whether they eat little or much; but the surfeit of the rich will not let them sleep.

Gal. 3:26
…for in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith.

Matt. 15:14b
“…and if one blind person guides another, both will fall into a pit.”  [Jesus to the crowd]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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