Welcome to my blog. I live and work in the Greater Grand Forks area where I split time between Hallock, Minnesota and Grand Forks, North Dakota.  I serve, in Hallock, as pastor of First Presbyterian Church.  Also a freelance writer, I am pursuing a MA in Communication from the University of North Dakota.

Recently, I worked as the Director for Recreation and Community Life at Montreat Conference Center in Montreat, North Carolina.  A graduate of Columbia Theological Seminary, in Decatur, Georgia, I also studied for a year in Ayr, Scotland where I served as Assistant Minister at St. Columba Church in Ayr, Scotland.

I’m originally from Tallahassee, Florida but spent four years at the wonderful St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota before attending seminary in Georgia.

I like sharp cheddar, local beers, and contemporary fiction.  I tolerate running and enjoy golf.  I’ve been happily married to Megan, both brilliant and beautiful, for three years.

I currently serve the greater church as a member of the Presbyterian Committee on Congregational Song, a group tasked with developing the next hymnal for the PC(USA).  I’m also a member of the coordinating group of Presbymergent.org, a body which facilitates a conversation about the emergent church and the PC(USA).

My more formal writing has been published in The Christian Century, Call to Worship: Liturgy, Music, Preaching, and the Arts, These Days, WorkingPreacher.com, The Presbyterian Leader.com and by the Fund for Theological Education.  I tend to blog on church and culture, preaching, politics, the emerging church, technology (if I can understand it), and sundry items that strike my fancy.

I’m a big fan of your comments as they somewhat justify the hours spent online, so please leave them…or there’s always next time!

email: adamjcopeland@gmail.com