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 21, 2021 | Music & Words, Prayers, Worship Resources
THE FOURTH SUNDAY of the Easter season every year features the 23rd Psalm prominently and is known as Good Shepherd Sunday. Thomas Merton prayed “You have a wild and crazy sheep in love with thorns and brambles…You have found me. All I have to do is stay...
by Warren Howell | Mar 23, 2021 | Worship Resources
The Entry into Jerusalem, detail; Unknown; Ottonian, c.1030. (see below). Worship resources for Holy Week and Easter 2021 (appropriate for the scriptures in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary). Choral music selections are rated according to difficulty: E = Easy,...
by Warren Howell | Mar 4, 2021 | Recordings, Worship Resources
The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. — Psalm 19:1 Psalm 19, one of the readings from the Hebrew Scriptures on the third Sunday in Lent, is a noble proclamation of God’s natural revelation. According to C.S. Lewis,...
by Warren Howell | Feb 21, 2021 | Reflections, Worship Resources
Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all day long. — Psalm 25:4-5 WHEN JESUS wandered into the wilderness, he must have surely had on his lips the words...
by Warren Howell | Feb 16, 2021 | Worship Resources
Ash Wednesday The Season of Lent February 17, 2021 The season of Lent commences this week with Ash Wednesday — the ashes traditionally made from the discarded, dried up, burned up palm branches that were picked up from last year’s Palm Sunday chants and...
