Meditations from Lectionary of Book of Common Prayer

James 4:7 - 5:6 If you’re like me, every day you find yourself trying to dodge the fiery darts of the devil, to bystep the stumbling block...

Psalm 19 Today’s psalm is another one that King David, the sweet psalmist of Israel, wrote.  There are three parts to this relatively shor...

Numbers 11:4-15, 18-23 Complainers and whiners.  We all know a few. Children are prone to that behavior - they complain they do n’t like ...

Mark 9:30-37 How many people over the years have thought themselves the greatest around? W e have seen sports figures, business people, po...

James 3:13 - 4:6 Our New Testament reading this week continues from the letter James wrote to fellow believers, giving practical instructi...

Psalm 54 Our psalm today is one written by David.  He authored about half of the psalms, many of them being prayers and/or praise to God f...

I Samuel 17:17-51 Today’s Old Testament reading is one that most people are rather familiar with, having heard it as a Bible story when a ...