by Coracle | Apr 17, 2017 | Pilgrimage
By John G. Gardner, Coracle Fellow ’17 NOTES FROM A PILGRIMAGE Several weeks ago, I had the privilege to be part of a pilgrimage jointly led by Telos and Coracle to Israel and Palestine. Rather than only visiting the holy sites connected with Jesus’ life, we...
by Coracle | Apr 15, 2017 | Pilgrimage
by Sharon Hoeck, Telos Group Office Manager At the beginning of last month, we gathered with many of you to talk about disrupting the status quo of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. What does it look like to try to understand a reality that can be described by...
by Karla Petty | Apr 13, 2017 | For the World, Peacemaking, Pilgrimage
Sometimes I struggle with the dual nature of Christ: fully God and fully man. For me, it’s easier to see him as divine than as human. It keeps Him at a comfortable distance. From March 28 – April 6 I traveled with a group of 25 other pilgrims in the Holy Land...
by Erin Clifford | Mar 27, 2017 | Contemplative Life
“Don’t the Bible say we must love everybody?” “O, the Bible! To be sure, it says a great many things; but then, nobody ever thinks of doing them.” — Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin Whether you are a new follower of Jesus, or have been one for many...
by Bill Haley | Mar 26, 2017 | Contemplative Life
“Remember for my good, O my God, all that I have done for this people.” Neh. 5.19 Pray and Be Strange for God’s sake, your good, and others…and expect costly opposition A few years ago I had the opportunity to make my first trip to China, to Shanghai. Two things...
by Coracle | Mar 13, 2017 | Contemplative Life
Listen to Bill’s semon given at the Falls Church Anglican on March 12, 2017 on 1 Peter 1: Coracle · Born Again To A Living Hope
by Coracle | Mar 8, 2017 | Contemplative Life
By: Joe Riffe I hate failing. It’s excruciating. This was true when I was young. I hated failing at school or at sports or high school attempts to be “cool.” Becoming an adult hasn’t changed that fact. My opportunities for failure have just changed. Now they are work,...
by Bill Haley | Mar 3, 2017 | Pilgrimage
The slum of Danaseri in Kathmandu, Nepal is a sacred place on par with the island of Iona in Scotland, St. Peter’s in Rome, Jerusalem, and Lourdes. Danaseri doesn’t look like much at the first glance. It looks like a place you wouldn’t want to go to or spend much time...
by Erin Clifford | Mar 1, 2017 | Contemplative Life
Thomas Merton said: “We are not converted only once in our lives but many times, and this endless series of large and small conversions, inner revolutions, leads to our transformation in Christ.” As a child, I was considered a Pollyanna in our family. A...
by Coracle | Feb 27, 2017 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
Liturgical seasons can act as guideposts through the year and Lent is a particularly special one. It’s easy to get caught up in the “sackcloth and ashes” part of Lent, with all the self-denial and focus on our own sin. This is important to...
by Coracle | Feb 21, 2017 | Church Unity, Contemplative Life
Bill Haley’s sermon from Sunday Feb 21, 2017 at The Falls Church Anglican on falling in love with Jesus, and how that is an integral and important first step in following Him.
by Coracle | Feb 7, 2017 | Contemplative Life
Several years ago, my wife and I celebrated our wedding anniversary with a getaway in southern Utah. Where we stayed, we were bordered by the Colorado River on one side, and on the other by the dramatic red sandstone structures that make up the landscape. One morning...
by Coracle | Jan 20, 2017 | Contemplative Life
By: Desiree Barker Coracle Spiritual Director, Northern Virginia I will begin by saying that I did not grow up keeping a diary or a journal. I had two younger sisters and writing down personal things in a diary was not a safe activity at our house! While in college, I...
by Coracle | Jan 17, 2017 | Contemplative Life
By: Heather Strube Coracle Spiritual Director Baltimore, MD “Friendship forms. Friendship is a much underestimated aspect of spirituality. It’s every bit as significant as prayer and fasting. Like the sacramental use of water and bread and wine, friendship...
by Coracle | Jan 13, 2017 | Contemplative Life
By: Giovanna Meek (Coracle Intern, Summer 2016) “Spiritual Formation” often gets a bad rap: considered some new age, non-Christ-centered effort or, alternatively, raised to the level of the most important aspect of a Christian’s life, but to be pursued in an...
by Bill Haley | Dec 31, 2016 | Contemplative Life
On December 31, 2013, Bill Scherer, father to Tara and father-in-law to me, entered the larger Life. He was a founding board member of Coracle, and instrumental in enabling Corhaven to come into reality, among so many other things. Below is the homily that I...
by Coracle | Dec 13, 2016 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
Bill Haley’s sermon given at The Falls Church Anglican on December 11, 2016.
by Coracle | Dec 8, 2016 | Liturgical Seasons
By: Todd Deatherage As 2016 moves to its end, many wish it had all been just an unpleasant dream. Our experiences this year, as in most, teach us that things are not right in the world, not as they should be. An ugly American election season has exposed deep fault...
by Scott Buresh | Nov 30, 2016 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
On my journey with Christ I have considered myself many things: a redeemed, rescued, forgiven, beloved child of God; Jesus’s friend; Jesus’s co-laborer in the world; God’s handiwork created in His image. But rarely have I identified with being a “contemplative,” one...
by Kate Harris | Nov 28, 2016 | Liturgical Seasons
Every year as Advent begins our family takes out its Christmas library – the loosely curated stash of books acquired over many years conveying the Christmas story and spirit in poetry, images, songs, and stories from across centuries and around the world. At the...
