Musings of a Musical Preacher
Writings and reflections by Steve West
Thursday, January 23, 2020
Letter from the Bishop during the Civil Rights Movement
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I have a gift from the family of the late Rev. Talmadge Clayton that has now taken up permanent residence in my study. It was written by K...
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Accepting our Sinfulness in a Time of Hypocrisy
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By my desk I keep the devotional book "A Year with Dietrich Bonhoeffer," which my daughter thoughtfully gave me for Christmas in...
Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Keeping the X in Xmas
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This is my Christmas Eve column which appeared in The Arab Tribune on Tuesday, December 24, 2019. I imagine that some of you are pretty ...
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Random Acts of Gratitude
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This is my column which appeared in The Arab Tribune on Wednesday, November 27, 2019. I was appointed to pastor my first church at the r...
Monday, November 18, 2019
Thanksgiving Blessing from “The Fonz”
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“I live by two words, gratitude and tenacity. Tenacity gets me where I want to go, and gratitude does not allow me to be angry along the way...
A Thought from Kahlil Gibran
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This thought resonates with me today from Kahlil Gibran. “Speak to my soul, oh Lord. May it continue to unfold itself unhindered. May the tr...
Friday, November 15, 2019
Bound by Love
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“As a Christian, when confronted by a tension between a religious certainty which leads me to violate the law of love and a deep unknowing t...
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