Lil Copan

visionary + progressive authors in religion + spirituality | acquisitions editor – orbis books | author: little hours

[Orbis Books @OrbisBooks]

Learning stretches beyond the syllabus. 📖🌍

In Undoing Conquest, Kate Common rethinks ancient Israel, the Bible, and what they mean for Christianity’s future—challenging readers to imagine faith beyond conquest.

A powerful July read.

https://t.co/oFDiYJjrP2

[Orbis Books @OrbisBooks]

✊🏽📖 Before Christianity became an institution, Jesus stood with the poor, the marginalized, and the oppressed.

Jesus Before Christianity by Albert Nolan, OP uncovers the prophetic message that still calls us to justice today.

🔗 https://t.co/bDkLF7Jquv

[Orbis Books @OrbisBooks]

This #BlackHistoryMonth, we celebrate the prophetic voices shaping theology and liberation:

📖 Sisters in the Wilderness – Delores Williams
🙏 Leveling the Praying Field – Ansel Augustine
✝️ Knowing Christ Crucified – M.Shawn Copeland

#BlackTheology #FaithInAction #OrbisBooks

[Orbis Books @OrbisBooks]

Homebrewed Christianity and Orbis Books
Wanna know what happens when theology refuses to stay in the ivory tower?You get Orbis Books—dropping wisdom,challenge,and hope straight into the hands of everyday Jesus-followers since 1970

@HomebrewedXnty #BooksAndBrews #TBC2025

[Lil Copan @LilCopan]

“Everything is possible for those who believe, even more for those who hope, still more for those who love, and most of all for those who practice and persevere in these three powerful paths” - from the revolutionary translation by ⁦@DrCarmenButcher https://t.co/kTiXI5ie5g

[Lil Copan @LilCopan]

@joyjordanlake Thank you, friend! Paul and other sibs are providing ongoing updates on that gofundme page regarding the humanitarian aid / refugee hub in Western Ukraine our cousin is running. Appreciate your support along the very difficult way . . .

[Lil Copan @LilCopan]

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[Amy Frykholm @amyfryk]

"A question is a key, says Estés. It doesn’t actually want an answer; it wants a door into the psyche. To find this door, I could no longer treat Mary as a myth. She had to become a person, and the text I had so painstakingly translated had to become a map to her." #WildWoman

[Lil Copan @LilCopan]

“One of the most jarring realizations when we start questioning our spiritual frameworks, is seeing how the faith we’ve aligned with has been used to abuse and harm entire people groups.” -Nashville forumw/Robyn Henderson-Espinoza ⁦@broadleaf_books⁩ https://t.co/hR0nZK5kA1

[Lil Copan @LilCopan]

Sometimes baseball is very very close to home. ⁦@SheaTuttle⁩ on playing catch ⁦@thetwinbill⁩ https://t.co/f53ImO22TS

[theChristianCentury @ChristianCent]

A Palestinian artist living in Galilee, #FouadAgbaria’s Grandfather is a part of how he brings together paintings to “make up the story of a nation.” Art commentary by @LilCopan
https://t.co/AXOkLSbeeP

[Lil Copan @LilCopan]

@knikondeha Thanks! I’m honored to be listed among the writers of books - as well as an editor.

[Lil Copan @LilCopan]

LITTLE HOURS – my novel is just out with One Bird Books! If you’re among the readers in spirituality, birding, and baseball – please give it a go. Endorsement Minis: Wise and absorbing (Lauren Winner), Gorgeously written (James Martin, SJ). Link in bio. #littlehoursnovel

[Lil Copan @LilCopan]

@DrCarmenButcher Carmen! Thanks for the vote of confidence on Netflix! And the sense that the whole of the book (writing/cover/spirituality) holds. Gratefuls,

[Lil Copan @LilCopan]

Pride Was Hard-Won: PW Talks with Julie Rodgers https://t.co/Q3zKXaaU3t via @publisherswkly

[Lil Copan @LilCopan]

“Amy Frykholm views her quest with a mystic’s eye, finding meaning in dreams, small breakthroughs, and even emptiness....” Wild Woman: A Footnote, the Desert, and My Quest for an Elusive Saint @broadleaf_books https://t.co/3Pzn3x2k7x via @publishersweekly

[Lisa Kloskin @LisaKloskin]

📣@broadleaf_books is hiring another editor!📣
Please come join our team and help put important books out into the world!
@PocPub @diversebooks @LatinxinPub
https://t.co/TH2EbNJmNc

[Lil Copan @LilCopan]

@AWishComeClear: “I would LOVE to correct the misconception that we just “get over” things with time...What actually helps to facilitate healing: Examining our unquestioned beliefs, bearing witness to what is true..." https://t.co/Ct9YX3aMH6 @broadleaf_books

[Lil Copan @LilCopan]

“Farmers need to cultivate more than land; to be resilient, they need to cultivate the capacity to listen in silence to that land.”-Gary Nabhan/Brother Coyote

[Broadleaf Books @broadleaf_books]

Climate disasters, tariff wars, and extractive technologies have resulted in a farm crisis. In Jesus for Farmers and Fishers, Gary Paul Nabhan (@Ferhat9282468) offers a fresh look at the parables of Jesus to help us understand this unprecedented crisis. https://t.co/LLwp0vjXsG

[Lil Copan @LilCopan]

“We need to raise up the people who offer us our daily bread, wine and fish, accompany them in their struggles, and never, ever take for granted the land nor the people who nourish us. It’s that simple.”-GaryNabhan/BrotherCoyote ⁦@broadleaf_books⁩ #readingsforlent