by Coracle | Apr 24, 2019 | Pilgrimage
By: Karen McNary Participant on our recent Slavery in Virginia Pilgrimage, April 13-14, 2019 I came into Coracle’s Slavery in Virginia Pilgrimage on Palm Sunday weekend feeling hurt but hopeful, exacerbated yet expectant. The weekend marked the end of the sixth...
by Bill Haley | Mar 28, 2019 | Peacemaking
Tomorrow I’ll fly to the Holy Land with another 17 pilgrims for a very unusual experience of Israel and Palestine. Todd Deatherage of The Telos Group and I will co-lead it, our fourth trip doing this together. It’ll be my sixth trip following in the literal...
by Coracle | Mar 26, 2019 | Contemplative Life, Creation, Vocation
by Carla Mueller, Coracle Associate Last fall, I felt the Lord inviting me into an extended season of rest. 30+ years of performance orientation and a career of fulfilling that drive for achievement working in a Los Angeles public school had left me exhausted. Dry....
by Bill Haley | Mar 22, 2019 | Contemplative Life, Justice and Mercy
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t have a lot to do! Most people I know really want to make a difference in the world and make it a better place for more people. Many of us struggle to pray more and be with God more deeply as the deepest way we respond to the...
by Bill Haley | Feb 21, 2019 | Justice and Mercy
This past week I was pleased and privileged again to attend the Matthew 25 Gathering, where folks from the Anglican Church of North America gather to encourage each other in the ways that God has called us to work for the Kingdom, and work for justice with mercy. ...
by Coracle | Jan 29, 2019 | For the World
by: Amy Lauger Coracle Fellow – Class of 2017 Two dozen of us from various nations braved the weather on the deck. The January wind was brisk! We became downright giddy, skipping around the deck to snap pictures of all that was around us as the sun was setting....
by Coracle | Jan 24, 2019 | Creation
By: Laren Butler Corhaven Summer Intern – 2018 At the end of spending last summer as the intern at Corhaven, I sat down to write some reflections on my time. Some of them follow. At the beginning of the summer, I wrote out a list of different things that I...
by Bill Haley | Jan 18, 2019 | Contemplative Life, Justice and Mercy
As we approach the national holiday honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, it’s easy (and right) to contemplate his activism and commit to carrying on that legacy of justice for all and especially for those who have the hardest time finding it. It...
by Bill Haley | Jan 10, 2019 | Justice and Mercy
“Tikkun Olam” is I think one of the most powerful phrases on the planet. It’s Hebrew and of the Jewish tradition, and captures the vocation of post-Fall woman and man. It simply means “repair of the world”. Embedded in Tikkun Olam are the assertions that...
by Bill Haley | Dec 5, 2018 | Contemplative Life
“Oh Lord, please light the fire / That once burned bright and clear. Replace the lamp of my first love / That burns with holy fear.” -Keith Green I’m really excited about a new retreat we’re offering at Corhaven on Saturday, February 23. Jesus is so great that...
by Bill Haley | Nov 9, 2018 | Contemplative Life
At the end of a week when our eyes have been focused on the mid-term elections of 2018 in the United States, we can be grateful that our country’s governmental model–based on the checks and balance of power–worked yet again. For those most concerned about the...
by Karla Petty | Nov 1, 2018 | Contemplative Life
“… to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ” 1 Corinthians 1:2 Today, November 1, is the Feast of All Saints. Recognition, veneration, and prayer...
by Karla Petty | Oct 26, 2018 | Pilgrimage
Well friends, we’ve returned safely from our mission pilgrimage to Nepal. And what a trip it was! The Lord guided us, protected us, granted us special opportunities, magnificent vistas, and revealed himself in many unexpected places. Our second trip to Nepal...
by Coracle | Oct 23, 2018 | Pilgrimage
Last we updated you on our journey, we were about to leave Kathmandu for Pokhara. We all arrived safely in Pokhara on Monday to the view of a beautiful lake, surrounded by mountains. The pace is less frenetic and it is much less crowded, the air is cleaner and it...
by Karla Petty | Oct 14, 2018 | For the World, Pilgrimage
Hello friends! Our team is now fully assembled and diving into our pilgrimage here in Nepal. Most of us landed on Friday in Kathmandu and have enjoyed getting to know one another as well as familiarizing ourselves with the rhythms, sounds, and people around us. ...
by Coracle | Oct 6, 2018 | Contemplative Life, Creation
For more pictures: follow @commongoodthing on Instagram. Last week I had the opportunity to visit one of the oldest letterpress print shops in the country. I knew the company well, but that knowledge hardly compared to the experience of standing on the production...
by Coracle | Sep 20, 2018 | Contemplative Life, Coracle News
The Coracle Fellows Application for 2019 is now available. This is an invitation – an invitation into a deeper relationship with Christ and others, and (warning!) an invitation that may stir up the waters of your life. This is an invitation to change. It’s...
by Bill Haley | Sep 20, 2018 | For the World, Justice and Mercy
On a layover this week* through Vienna, Austria on the way to Cyprus, I was reminded of one reason why getting out of my home country on a somewhat regular basis has been, for about 25 years, almost a spiritual discipline. International airport hubs are like swimming...
by Coracle | Sep 2, 2018 | Contemplative Life
by Ann Bodling Coracle Spiritual Director A couple of weeks ago, a friend asked me what my spiritual practices have been lately. I was caught off guard and mumbled something about reading and contemplative prayer but, at the same time, I felt like I was forgetting...
by Coracle | Aug 31, 2018 | Contemplative Life, Spiritual Direction
Dear Friends, Two years ago, with the help of an amazing team, the Coracle Community-Baltimore started. Perhaps now more than ever, God is drawing together community in Baltimore around the motto of Spiritual Formation for Kingdom Action. Our oft-used image is that of...
