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.

All One with the Spirit--Jan. 15, 2020



God, we travel far away, settle east of Eden,
but the earth is full of your steadfast love;
we never go away from your presence.

Wherever we may be, we find
our brothers and our sisters;
all are one in Christ, who
is one with the Spirit.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 89:1-18; 147:1-11; 1; 33
Gen. 4:1-16
Heb. 2:11-18
John 1:29-42

Selected Verses
Ps. 33:5
He loves righteousness and justice;
          the earth is full of the steadfast love of the LORD.

Gen. 4:16
Then Cain went away from the presence of the LORD, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

Heb. 2:11
For the one who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father.  For this reason Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters…

John 1:32
And John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on [Jesus].  …”

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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