by Warren Howell | Aug 8, 2021 | Music & Words, Recordings
THE SCRIPTURE READING from the Hebrew bible in many churches today features the tragic and raw story of King David’s grief over the news of his son’s death. Nevermind the circumstances that led to his end, the rebellious Absalom was lifeless and the bereft...
by Warren Howell | May 18, 2021 | Music & Words, Reflections
THE ARRIVAL of the Holy Spirit that Jesus promised his friends rode in upon a wind (or at least the sound of one). Wssshhhhhhhhh! It filled the house. Other remarkable things happened and it was a strange and cacophonous affair given witness to by the 2nd chapter of...
by Warren Howell | May 15, 2021 | Prayers, Reflections
When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. While he was going and they were gazing up toward heaven, suddenly two men in white robes stood by them. They said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up...
by Warren Howell | May 8, 2021 | Reflections, Worship Resources
“No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends . . . you are my friends . . . love one another.” (John 15:12-17) JESUS CALLED his disciples friends, but that friendship came at a price, he said, since he was not the type to...
by Warren Howell | Apr 29, 2021 | Reflections
In celebration of National Poetry Month, here are five poems that awaken my sense of the Divine Presence in the world around me and in my life. WILD GEESE — Mary Oliver (American, 1935-2019) You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for...
