by Warren Howell | Jan 26, 2021 | Worship Resources
Star-crossed, We Sing: Choral Music for Sundays After Epiphany The night He came The stars swung low And sang As morning stars had sung Creation’s morn. So sing we now. Star-crossed, We sing the bright And morning star Shining among us, Banishing our night. —...
by Warren Howell | Jan 17, 2021 | Prayers, Reflections, Worship Resources
Psalm 139 THE PSALM TEXT read in many congregations this morning is selected from portions of Psalm 139. I love the wholesale intimacy of its confessional text, leaving nothing hidden from our Creator, who knows even our most inward thoughts. Verses 11-18...
by Warren Howell | Dec 20, 2020 | Prayers, Reflections, Worship Resources
The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor. . . You will bear a son, and you will name him Jesus. . . . For nothing will be impossible with God.” (LUKE 1:30-31, 37) TODAY IS THE 4th SUNDAY OF ADVENT. And for people in the...
by Warren Howell | Dec 3, 2020 | Worship Resources
Prepare the Way December 6, 2020: Resources for Advent II (B) Color: Blue or Purple Scriptures: [linked to NRSV at Oremus Bible Browser] Isaiah 40:1-11 (Comfort and hope coming to God’s people in exile) Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13 (Salvation is at hand) 2 Peter...
by Warren Howell | Nov 18, 2020 | Worship Resources
In addition to themes of Thanksgiving, this Sunday, November 22nd, is celebrated in many traditions as Christ the King or Reign of Christ Sunday, an observation that began relatively “recently” (1925) in Roman Catholic and Lutheran churches, but which has...
by Warren Howell | Nov 4, 2020 | Reflections, Worship Resources
“I hung on to the remains of religion by one thin thread of thanks.” – G. K. Chesterton LIFE IS OVERWHELMING right now for a lot of people in this tumultuous upside-down autumn – with its complex entanglement of concerns. I don’t know whatever...
