Stephen Copeland

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What Is Your Song?

A jazz saxophonist once put it this way: “Music pulls me deeper into being.” 
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God Works through Us, Not for Us

Let yourself pray without asking God for “something that I want.”
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Three images created by Michael Reyes, OFM, for the Franciscan provincial synod held in January 2025

More About the Franciscan Synod

Two lay participants who took part in the Franciscan synod were struck by different elements of the process that spoke to them.
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Let Us Pray: Creativity and Soul-Making 

“What’s the fear?” she asked.  I paused. “I guess I just feel like creativity is part of who I am. And when I don’t have time to create, I feel out of whack. How can I be a good dad ...
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Looking out at the fog

Let Us Pray: Panting After Peace in Prayer

Franciscan spirituality has a visceral and experiential dimension that the study of theology sometimes lacks.
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Christ Lives Within

There is nothing wrong with asking for something in prayer, as this names for God the desires of our hearts.
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