Musings of a Musical Preacher

Writings and reflections by Steve West

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

God Doesn’t Need Politics

Posted by musicalpreacher at Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Labels: Ethics, Faith and Politics, GMC, WCA

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Steve West

Husband, father, minister, musician, & writer

Spiritual Formation Journey

Worship on YouTube

Recorded Music

"One Three Nine" by Aubrey Logan (live at Jacksonville First UMC)
Baritone solo on "I'll Be On My Way" by Shawn Kirchner (JSU Civic Chorale)
"Moses" by Ken Medema (live at Saint Mark UMC)
Living Stones (original song)
Come Thou Fount (original arrangement)
Mother Eagle (original song)
Open Now My Lips (original song)
This Very Moment (original song)
Spirit of Christmas (original song)
Mozart Concerto for Flute (w/Jeremy West)

Music and Liturgy Publications

God Before Us (GBOD)
Blessing of the Toys (Interpreter)
When Our Founders Built a Legacy (GBOD)
The Risen Savior Shines Upon You (Worship & Song)
Lord, You Call Us to Your Service (Celebrating Grace Hymnal)
A Look to the Past to Discover the Future (Historical Society)
Taken and Blessed (GBOD)
I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me (GBOD)
Water and Spirit (Alive Now, GBOD)
People of the Mantle (GBOD)
Making Worship Youth Friendly (Circuit Rider)

Devotional Publications

Finding Easter perspective in these strange times (Arab Tribune)
Why I'm Not Leaving the UMC (UM News, Al.com)
Keeping the X in Xmas (Arab Tribune)
Hard Times Tokens Give Me Hope (Arab Tribune)
Why is Easter All Over the Map? (Arab Tribune)
Ghana Always Teaches Me Something New (Arab Tribune)
There's More Than One Way Christ Comes to Us (Arab Tribune)
Why Fight About Prayer When We Can Pray About Fighting? (Arab Tribune)
Couldn’t We All Use a Mr. Rogers in Our Lives Again? (Arab Tribune)
High Roads and Low Roads Can Lead to God (Arab Tribune)
Relishing Moments and Sharing Wounds (Arab Tribune)
The Astonishing Red Letters of Jesus (Arab Tribune)
When God Comes Near (Arab Tribune)
Steve's Sayings (Arab Tribune)
A Southerner Against White Supremacy (Arab Tribune)
A Little Girl's Offering Touches My Heart (Arab Tribune)
The Book of Nature (Arab Tribune)
Let's Allow the Cross and Resurrection to Bother Us (Arab Tribune)
Civil War Era Treasure Makes it Back Home (Arab Tribune)
The Broken Cedar Chest I'll Never Give Away (Arab Tribune)
Mission Team from Arab Goes to Ghana (The Arab Tribune)
What Gets Fired Up Might Just Fizzle Out (Arab Tribune)
Don't Let Your Spirit Be Politically Sharpened (Arab Tribune)
Where's the Fire? (Arab Tribune)
Back to the Graveside (United Methodist Reporter, Arab Tribune)
Carrying With (Arab Tribune)
The Lydia Among Us (Arab Tribune)
Jesus in a Coke Float (Arab Tribune, Huntsville Times, Vestavian)
The Crossroads of Hope (Arab Tribune)
Church Piano Restored to Former Glory (Arab Tribune)
A Moment with One of Ghana's Children (Arab Tribune)
The Post-Christmas Feast (Arab Tribune)
Encountering Mystery In a Culture of Certainty (Huntsville Times, Arab Tribune)
Time to Have Wonder-full Holy Days (Arab Tribune)
Singing My Heart Songs in Singapore (Arab Tribune)
Pointers on Scripture that Doesn't Make Sense (Arab Tribune)
The Great Fishing Boat Caper (Arab Tribune)
Forgiving the Raccoons (Arab Tribune)
Nope, Hate Did Not Win (Arab Tribune)
The Sound of Pentecost (Huntsville Times, Arab Tribune)
A Little Birthday Banter (Arab Tribune)
So Much Drama In Your Church (Arab Tribune)
Religious Freedom Wasn't Free (Arab Tribune)
Acts of kindness are seeds of Christ's love (Huntsville Times, Arab Tribune)
All is calm, finally (Arab Tribune)
Grandpa: Pistol-packing preacher (Huntsville Times, Arab Tribune)
Most Thanksgiving prayers are great, others bug me (Arab Tribune)
Arab eateries - gotta love them (Arab Tribune)
No doubt - Grits are from God (Arab Tribune)
Helping Someone Sing Their Song (The Vestavian)
Jesus in a Coke Float (Vestavia Voice, Huntsville Times)
Raccoons Are Welcome (Alive Now)
Isaiah's Dump Truck Christmas Ornament (Weavings)
The Spirituality of Waiting (Weavings)
Searching for Hope Amid Our Dark Night of the Soul (UM Reporter)
Nothing Can Take the Joy of Christmas Away (Upper Room)
In Christ's Church, Raccoons Are Welcome (Huntsville Times)
The Grateful Rebellion (Upper Room Disciplines)
Fill My Presence with Your Presence (Upper Room Disciplines)
Passtionately Present and Mysteriously Distant (Upper Room Disciplines)
Praise is Something We Join (Upper Room Disciplines)
Continually Remembering Before God (Upper Room Disciplines)
With All That I Am and All That I Have (Upper Room DIsciplines)
A Certain Joy About Us (Upper Room Disciplines)
How Will We Walk Through This Tragedy? (Huntsville Times)
When Taking a Stand Takes Courage (Huntsville Times)
Raccoons at the Table (Upper Room)
Best Stimulus Package Ever (Huntsville Times)
A Meditation on Ruby Falls (Alive Now)
What's In a Name? (Huntsville Times)
The Dance of Praise (Alive Now)
The Exile of Grief (Alive Now)

Living Stones CD

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Songs for Morning Prayer CD

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