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 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 | Dec 11, 2020 | Reflections
ADVENT is an anticipatory season full of music. Sadly, because of the pandemic, we are more or less sidelined from our ability to collectively sing with others in this particular year. But we look forward in anticipation of a day that, while it is not yet here, is...
by Warren Howell | Sep 8, 2020 | Worship Matters, Worship Resources
Question: When the time comes that we get through this pandemic and can safely resume the beauty of choral music in church, what anthems would you consider for your choir on its first Sunday back in worship? I heard this first posed by Eric Nelson this...
by Warren Howell | Aug 23, 2020 | Worship Resources
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. — Lamentations 3:22-23 ♦ ♦ ♦ Lord of the morning, your light shines on all of your creation. Your birds sing of...
