Garden Soul
Sweet soul, you’re lost again, your heart tangled in your ego’s vines, your mind cluttered with the weeds of uncertainty, the thorns of...
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STEPHEN COPELAND
AUTHOR & STORYTELLER
The Man Who Conquered His Shadow (Part III)
I am the shadow, the shadow of the shepherd. Where did I come from? It’s funny. Not many people ask about my origin. They just assume...
The Mystery of the Night
I have always dreaded the inescapable reality of sleep. It reminds me of my finitude, my overall frailty, the reality that my body cannot...
The Man Who Conquered His Shadow (Part II)
"The shadow self is not of itself evil; it just allows you to do evil without calling it evil...Archaic religion and most of the history...
A Critic's Prayer
Whatever happened today, whatever successes, whatever failures, whatever distractions, let it go. There will be another day. And if there...
How a Healthy Theological Starting Place Changes Everything
“Who are you at the core?” my therapist asked me years ago. I shrugged and said, “I guess I’m a sinner in desperate need of God’s...
Why I wrote ‘Holy Saturday’ on my whiteboard three months ago
I have a whiteboard hanging in my living room on which I write mantras and quotes and ideas and other random things like grocery lists...
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