This meditation is based on a passage for September 1, 2010 in the Daily Lectionary Year 2 from the Book of Common Worship for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (1993). Text: John 8:47-59 Reflection and Question: Here John completes this section in Jesus’ final discourses that we touched upon Saturday (Aug. 28). Jesus blatantly identifies Himself […]

This meditation is based on a passage for August 31, 2010 in the Daily Lectionary Year 2 from the Book of Common Worship for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (1993). Text: Psalm 7 Reflection and Question: The psalmist here has complete faith that God will judge rightly. The poet is described as blameless before God and […]

This meditation is based on a passage for August 30, 2010 in the Daily Lectionary Year 2 from the Book of Common Worship for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (1993). Text: Acts 11:19-30 Reflection and Question: Barnabas is a leader of the growing faithful community in Jerusalem. Hinting that God works even through difficulty, it is […]

This meditation is based on a passage for August 29, 2010 in the Daily Lectionary Year 2 from the Book of Common Worship for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (1993). Text: Revelation 5:1-14 Reflection and Question: That Revelation is an imaginative vision, not a prophetic historic prediction, is incontestable when we ponder the Lamb of God […]

This meditation is based on a passage for August 28, 2010 in the Daily Lectionary Year 2 from the Book of Common Worship for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (1993). Text: John 8:12-20 online payday direct lenders only Reflection and Question: When Jesus declares, “I am the light of the world,” He binds Himself together with […]

This meditation is based on a passage for August 27, 2010 in the Daily Lectionary Year 2 from the Book of Common Worship for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (1993). Text: Acts 10:34-38 Reflection and Question: Peter shares the Gospel message about Jesus with Cornelius and his family. The Holy Spirit falls upon them just as […]

This meditation is based on a passage for August 26, 2010 in the Daily Lectionary Year 2 from the Book of Common Worship for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (1993). Text: Acts 10:17-33 Reflection and Question: What can be clearer than this: “God has shown me that I should not call anyone profane or unclean?” For […]

This meditation is based on a passage for August 25, 2010 in the Daily Lectionary Year 2 from the Book of Common Worship for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (1993). Text: Job 6:1, 7:1-21 Reflection and Question: Now Job speaks in this timeless contribution to literature, an extended poem in the Wisdom tradition. After his friend […]

This meditation is based on a passage for August 24, 2010 in the Daily Lectionary Year 2 from the Book of Common Worship for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (1993). Text: Psalm 99 Reflection and Question: I was lamenting with a Christian friend about the debasement of the word “justice” in the past few years. She […]

This meditation is based on a passage for August 23, 2010 in the Daily Lectionary Year 2 from the Book of Common Worship for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (1993). Text: Acts 9:19b-31 Reflection and Question: The beginning of Paul’s ministry was one of the images that gripped me most in Sunday School when I was […]