by Warren Howell | Apr 15, 2021 | Reflections
Ginger was never happier than when she was with people. In fact, she thought of herself as a real “people person.” I posted this poem and these comments on my Facebook page today after the poem popped up among my Facebook memories from a year ago. ...
by Warren Howell | Mar 20, 2021 | Prayers, Reflections
The sun is love. The lover, a speck circling the sun. A spring wind moves to dance any branch that isn’t dead. — Rumi, The Essential Rumi, Coleman Barks, tr. * * * WELCOME, SPRING. You are a reminder of order containing chaos. Structure allowing...
by Warren Howell | Jan 31, 2021 | Reflections
Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who delight in them… The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. (Psalm 111:2, 10) READING PSALM 111, the takeaway is that we live and breathe as guests in this majestic, amazing, and wonder-full world...
by Warren Howell | Nov 26, 2020 | Music & Words, Recordings, Reflections
“This is the day the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it.” (Psalm 118:24) IN CHILDREN’S CHOIR rehearsal one day a couple years ago, I was rehearsing an anthem that featured this psalm verse. The song, by my friend Larry...
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...