Franciscan Media: Choosing Relationship Over Ideology, A Franciscan Approach
- Stephen Copeland
- Sep 30, 2025
- 1 min read

I often tell people that I feel like I have the best job, able to listen and learn from people who are way smarter than me as I interview them for Franciscan Media’s Off the Page Podcast. Editing the episode can be its own lectio divina (sacred reading) experience as I allow a guest’s words to sit even deeper in my heart. And in times of difficulty, I often find myself returning to past conversations, contemplating the words and wisdom of someone I’ve interviewed, hoping it can help me make sense of life and the world. That has certainly been the case these past couple weeks. Maybe you’re like me and have been reeling over the undeniable rising political violence in the United States and the divisive rhetoric that seems to inevitably follow national tragedy...
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