Let Us Pray: When Words Fall Short
Stephen Copeland
June 23, 2023
How do I begin writing about prayer when I have not felt like praying?
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Stephen Copeland
Stephen Copeland is a storyteller and an Indiana native who now lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. His new book, "In the House of Rising Sounds," explores the spiritual dimensions of music and thin places. He is an editor with Franciscan Media.
Meditating upon the Core
Stephen Copeland
June 7, 2023
Reflect For St. Bonaventure, his structure for reality began with the Trinity: the self-diffusive, creative force of love shared in relationship between the Father, Spirit,
Quadrants of Clare
Stephen Copeland
May 28, 2023
Reflect St. Clare of Assisi once wrote to Agnes of Prague to gaze, consider, contemplate, and imitate Jesus while meditating upon the cross. For both
Shalom
Stephen Copeland
May 20, 2023
Reflect One of the great mysteries of life is the reality of trauma and unexplainable suffering in our world. When blindsided by this kind of
Refocusing the Heart
Stephen Copeland
May 10, 2023
Reflect Our brains tend to focus upon the areas of our lives that lack resolve. It takes a conscious effort to reconfigure our brains to
The Light of Curiosity
Stephen Copeland
May 3, 2023
Reflect Today’s moral dualism and tribalism fuels media traffic, political campaigns, and ultimately leads to caricaturing, labeling, and overgeneralizing people who are different from ourselves.
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