by Warren Howell | Mar 31, 2021 | Reflections
Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. (John 13:1) NIGHTTIME DURING Holy Week becomes the dark before the dawn. The story of Jesus’ last week and final sacrifice chart a descent into the shadier corners of the human heart. On the...
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 | Apr 9, 2020 | Music & Words
“Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended?” asks the old hymn. In other words, “what have you done wrong?” To deserve such a cruel sentence as this? I’ll tell you. First, you have this way of turning up. As an inconvenient pregnancy. As a threat to political...
by Warren Howell | Apr 5, 2020 | Music & Words
The Poem: “PALM SUNDAY” The plod of a donkey’s foot clip-clops up dusty cobbled streets, always up. Past the withering fig tree in the court, past the well. Past the flutter and protest of pigeons and barking dogs, the slow ascent progresses. And...
