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.

For Reconciliation and Peace--Jan. 8, 2020



From one end of the earth to the other—
division; wars rage without ceasing.
Are you among us, God, or not?
In Christ, all your fullness
was pleased to dwell.

Break our weapons;
reconcile the peoples
to one another and to you,
that all may live in your peace.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 46; 147:1-11; 27; 93
Exod. 17:1-7
Col.1:15-23
John 7:37-52

Selected Verses
Ps. 46:9
He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
          he breaks the bow, and shatters the spear;
          he burns the shields with fire.

Exod. 17: 7
[Moses] called the place Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites quarreled and tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”

Col.1:19-20
For in [God’s beloved Son] all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross.

John 7:43
So there was a division in the crowd because of [Jesus]. 

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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