by Jessica Clark | Apr 2, 2024 | Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God: Lent” devotional, Jessica Clark (Coracle Development Manager) guides us into a practice of Gospel Contemplation focused on John’s account of the Last Supper. She invites us to place ourselves imaginatively in the room with...
by Mary Gardner | Mar 28, 2024 | Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God: Lent” devotional, Rev. Mary Gardner (Coracle Spiritual Director) guides us into a practice of Visio Divina, or “holy seeing,” focused on the events of Holy Week. She invites us to attend to diverse artistic depictions...
by Bill Haley | Mar 26, 2024 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
Friends, as followers of Jesus we are to be incarnations of the Incarnation. The actual invitation of the Christian faith is not just to believe in Jesus or be like Jesus or tell others about Jesus (as right as these thing are), but actually to be the presence...
by Chris Lugo | Mar 23, 2024 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
Confession isn’t merely a spiritual discipline, it is a way to be human. In this “Space for God: Lent” devotional, Rev. Chris Lugo guides us through Psalm 32, unpacking what confession really means and how important it is to living the life Jesus...
by Coracle | Mar 21, 2024 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God: Lent” devotional, Ann Bodling (Coracle Spiritual Director) guides us into a reflection on the spiritual resonance of light. Beginning with scripture, she then draws in other classic prayers that address, from different angles, our deep longing...
by Scott Buresh | Mar 16, 2024 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God: Lent,” Scott Buresh (Coracle Community Minister) guides us into a time of lectio divina focused on Matthew 11:28-30, one of Jesus’ most powerful and hopeful sayings. Scott reveals how Christ’s invitation to “learn...
by Kristy Wallace Grant | Mar 14, 2024 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God: Lent” devotional, Kristy Wallace Grant (Repentance Project Director) guides us into the famous “Hall of Saints” imagined in Hebrews 11. Her spacious offering invites us to consider the saints in our lives who have walked before us in faith and...
by Coracle | Mar 9, 2024 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God: Lent” devotional, Rev. Bill Haley (Coracle Executive Director) guides us into the story of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. He helps us appreciate the human, emotional dimension of Jesus’ life on display in this moving scene, in order to...
by Jeff Lindeman | Mar 7, 2024 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God: Lent” devotional, Jeff Lindeman (Coracle Sr Dir for Strategy & Operations) guides us into the little spiritual journey Paul narrates in Ephesians 2:1-10. Jeff slows us down enough to appreciate how this profound passage narrates our...
by Bill Haley | Feb 13, 2024 | Liturgical Seasons
For a long time I’ve liked to think of Lent as a coming home, a turning around from whatever takes me from God and a coming back home into the arms of the loving forgiveness of God. It’s a time to reflect on the subtleties of sin and sins in our own lives, for...
by Bill Haley | Apr 7, 2023 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God: Lent,” Rev. Bill Haley guides us into a Holy Week reflection on Jesus’ deeper motivation for moving towards crucifixion. Yes, the forgiveness of our sins was a significant factor, but Bill demonstrates how Jesus’...
by Erin Clifford | Mar 16, 2023 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God: Lent,” Rev. Dr. Erin Clifford (Fuller Theological Seminary) draws our attention to John the Baptist’s exuberant declaration about Jesus in John 1, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the...
by Kristy Wallace Grant | Mar 15, 2023 | Liturgical Seasons
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1 At noon on Ash Wednesday, a handful of us gathered online for Wednesday Noonday Prayer. While some came wearing ashes, we all arrived in that virtual...
by Chris Lugo | Mar 14, 2023 | Justice and Mercy, Liturgical Seasons
Coracle recently hosted a Lenten Service in Arlington, VA, which was led by Coracle Community Minister, Rev. Chris Lugo. This is his homily from that evening, re-recorded for quality. He shares the powerful story of Tom Tarrants—Klan terrorist turned passionate...
by Kristy Wallace Grant | Mar 2, 2023 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God: Lent,” Kristy Wallace Grant (Repentance Project Director) guides us through both a lectio divina and a breath prayer practice on Habakkuk 1-2:1. Through dwelling on this passage, she helps us appreciate the dynamics and movements of...
by Chris Lugo | Feb 23, 2023 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God,” Rev. Chris Lugo (Coracle Community Minister for DC/NoVA) guides us into the penitential season of Lent with a reflection on Hosea 12:2-6. He reminds us of our daily need to “return to our God,” not so that we remain...
by Chris Lugo | Feb 21, 2023 | Liturgical Seasons
This week we will be celebrating two important moments in the church calendar: Ash Wednesday and Lent. Ash Wednesday starts by focusing the Christian’s heart on repentance and prayer, usually through personal and communal confession. Lent likewise is a 40-day period...
by Ken Wettig | Apr 12, 2022 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
Did Jesus “hear God” during his last days on Earth? There are only two times in the synoptic Gospels when the audible voice of God is heard and recorded—Jesus’ Baptism and the Mount of Transfiguration. It is worth noting that both times the Father’s voice says...
by Bill Haley | Apr 12, 2022 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God,” Rev. Bill Haley guides us in a slow walk through the different Gospel accounts of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. We get a powerful and humbling look at Jesus’ deep humanity on display that night, and Bill offers prompts...
by Amy Boucher Pye | Mar 29, 2022 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God: Lent,” Amy Boucher Pye (Coracle Spiritual Director) guides us through a Gospel Imaginative Prayer exercise as Jesus makes a decisive turn towards the Cross in John’s Gospel. With Amy’s help, we are able to place...
