My God, My God, Why?
Stephen Copeland
April 11, 2022
Jesus of Nazareth’s prayer life was not Pollyanna. It was messy, honest, and complex. Even the Son of God experienced the pain of God’s absence.
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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.
Followers of St. Francis: Emmet Murphy, OFM
Stephen Copeland
March 25, 2022
The plan was for Emmet Murphy, OFM, to spend a few weeks in Arizona, but then COVID-19 hit. There would be no going back to New Jersey. Border work became his lifestyle, and Arizona became his home.
A Broken and Contrite Heart
Stephen Copeland
March 11, 2022
In dark times we sometimes struggle to find words not only to pray but to describe what we are going through to anyone.
Let Us Pray: Live in Me, Love in Me, Act in Me
Stephen Copeland
February 28, 2022
Etched on the back of my mother’s headstone are three simple prayers: “Lord, live in me, love in me, and act in me. ”
Adapted from Clarence Enzler’s Everyone’s Way of the Cross, these prayers not only perfectly describe my mother’s life, which ended suddenly in February 2021, but also echo a ritual she loved during Lent: the Stations of the Cross.
Stir Our Hearts with Nearness
Stephen Copeland
February 23, 2022
When Francis of Assisi was blind, ill, and on his deathbed, he wrote his famous “Canticle of the Creatures.” What if we allowed the Incarnation to stir our hearts as it did for Francis, even when we feel lost or frail?
Accepting Your Acceptance
Stephen Copeland
February 10, 2022
The great philosopher and theologian Paul Tillich once wrote about the profound inner movement of “accepting your own acceptance.” God loves us as we are, not as we should be.
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