Writing

My writing has appeared in The Christian Century, Minnesota Public Radio NewsQ, The Presbyterian Outlook, These Days, Lectionary Homiletics, Call to Worship: Liturgy, Music, Preaching and the Arts, Horizons Magazine, ThePresbyterianLeader.com, WorkingPreacher.org, and elsewhere.

Here’s a link to my full Copeland CV, or see below for selections.

A selected collection:

Called to Farm
Presbyterians Today
October 2011, p. 27-20

Prophetic Discontent, a sermon on 1 Kings 19:1-15
Lectionary Homiletics
August/September 2011, p.8-11

To Whom it may concern: the art of the public invocation
MPRNews – Minnesota Public Radio
March 18, 2011 | view online

Faithful Budgeting: Connecting our spending habits to our beliefs
youth study published by The Thoughtful Christian
Westminster John Knox Press, March 2011

The Minnesota breakfast crew vs. the Twitterati: Cherishing a sense of perspective
MinnPost
Jan. 18, 2011 | view online

The Benefits and Challenges of Calling a Part-Time Pastor
published by The Presbyterian Leader
Westminster John Knox Press, Sept 2010

Songfest: Challenges for a hymnal committee
The Christian Century
Sept 7, 2010:Vol.127, No. 18, p. 30-31 | view online

Setting Priorities as a Leader
essay in the Leading Voices series at The Presbyterian Leader.com
July 2010 | pdf

Generational Ties: Bridging the Gaps
The Christian Century
Feb 9, 2010: Vol. 127, No. 3, p 10-11 | view online

The Christian Funeral
curriculum  published by The Thoughtful Christian
Westminster John Knox Press, May 2009

On the Ground at the Calling Congregations Conference
The Fund for Theological Education
Jan 13, 2009 | pdf

Creative Uses of Children’s Choirs
Call to Worship: Liturgy, Music, Preaching, and the Arts, 43.2
Jan, 2009

 

Formal Toast: My Scotland!
Carrick Burns Club Burns Supper in Ayrshire, Scotland
Jan 19, 2009 | pdf

A Couple of Feminists
Essay co-written with Megan J.Thorvilson, in My Red Couch: And Other Stories on Seeking a Feminist Faith, Claire Bishoff & Rachel Gaffron, editors.
The Pilgrim Press, 2005 | link