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Last Sunday, I was commissioned to serve as pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Hallock. I have to say, it was a lovely service and I throughly enjoyed the leadership by several congregation members and presbytery folk. That said, before the service, if you would have asked me if it was necessary to [...]

My blog will be a bit quiet this week due to Thanksgiving festivities and family in town.  As my North American readers head to the grocery stores this week to buy food from across the world for their Thanksgiving dinner, I thought I’d give a shout out to my friend Nathan in Tallahassee.
Nathan, whose blog [...]

Adam J. Copeland
FPC Hallock
Nov. 8, 2009

The Widow’s Mite or Jesus’ Sight?
Mark 12:38-44

For some of you, today’s gospel passage might have sounded a bit funny. It’s one of those classic passages in the King James Version: “And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.” The [...]

In the old world, way back when I was a kid, TV networks made the content that drove our lives. In some ways that’s still the case, but with web 2.0 (or 3.0 or whatever) more and more often billionaires are beaten by the little guy. With YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, and Twitter, a [...]

Preached at First Presbyterian Church, Hallock, Minn.

First Presbyterian Church
Hallock, Minn.
Adam J. Copeland

More Rigorous Still
Mark 10:2-16

Run your hand across a Bible text, says Barbara Brown Taylor, and see what’s rough. What sticks out? What verses give a splinter? What stings? What would you rather just ignore? That’s what God is calling [...]

You may have heard last week — maybe not on Twitter — that a recent study found that 40% of Twitter tweets are “pointless babble.” According to the study, conversational messages account for 32% of tweets, and tweets with pass-along value scored a whopping 6%. Close behind, were tweets of shameless self-promotion. [...]