Meditations

Take Care That You Do Not Forget the Lord

This meditation is based on a passage for March 14, 2011 in the Daily Lectionary Year 1 from the Book of Common Worship for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (1993). Text: Deuteronomy 8:1-20 Reflection and Question: Deuteronomy Chapter 8 contrasts the experience of being in the wilderness with the experience of living in the bountiful land […]
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How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place, O Lord of Hosts!

This meditation is based on a passage for March 13, 2011 in the Daily Lectionary Year 1 from the Book of Common Worship for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (1993). Text: Psalm 84 Reflection and Question: This psalm is a beautiful poem of praise said by a devout pilgrim on the way to the temple in […]
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Greet Those Who Love Us in the Faith

This meditation is based on a passage for March 12, 2011 in the Daily Lectionary Year 1 from the Book of Common Worship for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (1993). Text: Titus 3:1-15 Reflection and Question: I expect this last chapter in Titus was a favorite of the loyalists in the American Revolution. I can hear […]
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The Grace of God Has Appeared, Bringing Salvation to All

This meditation is based on a passage for March 11, 2011 in the Daily Lectionary Year 1 from the Book of Common Worship for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (1993). Text: Titus 2:1-15 Reflection and Question: Scholars are divided on whether it was Paul or another using the stature of his name who wrote this letter […]
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Knowledge of the Truth, in Accord with Godliness

This meditation is based on a passage for March 10, 2011 in the Daily Lectionary Year 1 from the Book of Common Worship for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (1993). Text: Titus 1:1-16 Reflection and Question: When I was young, a pejorative kids would throw at one another comes from this opening of Paul’s letter to […]
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God Changed his Mind About the Calamity

This meditation is based on a passage for March 9, 2011 in the Daily Lectionary Year 1 from the Book of Common Worship for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (1993). Text: Jonah 3:1-4:11 Reflection and Question: The best-known part of the story of Jonah is his fleeing from God and being swallowed by a great fish. […]
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Do What Is Good and Right in the Sight of the Lord

This meditation is based on a passage for March 8, 2011 in the Daily Lectionary Year 1 from the Book of Common Worship for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (1993). Text: Deuteronomy 6:16-25 Reflection and Question: In this passage, a seemingly easy task is placed before the people: “Do what is right and good in the […]
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Hear, O Israel, The Lord is Our God

This meditation is based on a passage for March 7, 2011 in the Daily Lectionary Year 1 from the Book of Common Worship for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (1993). Text: Deuteronomy 6:1-15 Reflection and Question: When Jesus taught that there were two commandments – love God and love your neighbor – he was referring to […]
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Bless the Lord, O My Soul

This meditation is based on a passage for March 6, 2011 in the Daily Lectionary Year 1 from the Book of Common Worship for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (1993). Text: Psalm 103 Reflection and Question: This lovely poetry begins very personally with a person who encourages his or her own soul to acknowledge God’s goodness. […]
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Like a Wise Man Who Built His House Upon a Rock

Today's meditation is based on a passage about the Sermon on the Mount and how Jesus uses the vivid image of building on sand or on rock to commend to His listeners the interpretation of the law He has set before them.
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