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.

Deep Calls to Deep--Jan. 14, 2020



Lord God,
at the thunder
of your cataracts
deep calls to deep.

“Where are you,” we ask;
you reply, “Who are you?”

Help us not to drift away,
but pay close attention
to the questions.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 42; 146; 102; 133
Gen. 3:1-24
Heb. 2:1-10
John 1:19-28

Selected Verses
Ps. 42:7
Deep calls to deep
          at the thunder of your cataracts;
all your waves and your billows
          have gone over me.

Gen. 3:9
But the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” 

Heb. 2:1
Therefore we must pay greater attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it. 

John 1:19
This is the testimony given by John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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