by Warren Howell | Apr 7, 2021 | Prayers, Reflections
Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:28) ONE OF THE READINGS in many churches this coming Sunday is from John’s Gospel, wherein the surprising and risen Jesus shows up to the disciples in a pair of different instances a week apart. In both...
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 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 | Mar 13, 2021 | Prayers, Reflections
These “cute” little viruses were drawn by me in 2020 using my iPhone’s Notes app. And the LORD said to Moses, “Make a poisonous serpent, and set it on a pole; and everyone who is bitten shall look at it and live.” (Numbers 21:8) THE...
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...