Your Song
Stephen Copeland
July 22, 2026
A jazz saxophonist once put it this way: “Music pulls me deeper into being.”
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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.
The Struggle to Surrender
Stephen Copeland
July 20, 2026
When we do not surrender, it is easy for our identities to become attached to our own perceived ideals of how we think our lives should unfold.
Christ Lives Within
Stephen Copeland
July 16, 2026
There is nothing wrong with asking for something in prayer, as this names for God the desires of our hearts.
Childlike Lectio
Stephen Copeland
July 3, 2026
Children have the unique ability to read “energy” and the present moment in a way that we as adults sometimes miss out on because we are stuck in our heads or agendas.
Reconnecting Our Hearts to God
Stephen Copeland
June 17, 2026
It is easy some days for our minds to race with thoughts, doubts, ideas, and anxieties and lose touch with our hearts in the process.
‘The Divine Is Superabundant’
Stephen Copeland
May 28, 2026
May we seek to adopt an imaginative and prayerful stance toward an abundant reality. May creativity help us to mine that reality and heighten our awareness of grace.
The Poetry of the Incarnation
Stephen Copeland
May 20, 2026
Let’s explore Francis’ image of God that he names in his “Canticle of the Creatures.” Poetry, song, art, help us to enter into the mystery