by Scott Buresh | Mar 21, 2022 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
What little I know of sheep, other than that they are incredibly cute and wooly, is that they are not very bright and easily wander into trouble and danger. Thankfully, we also know God loves sheep, and He loves shepherds. Psalms 95:7 and 100:3 proclaim He is our...
by Danny Nasry | Mar 9, 2022 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God: Lent,” Danny Nasry (Coracle Community Minister) reflects on the reality of desert experiences, both in Scripture and in our lives. The desert can be a painful, stark, challenging place, but it can also be a place of great beauty...
by Danny Nasry | Feb 17, 2022 | Contemplative Life
“It is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”Galatians 2:20 “A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But...
by Bill Haley | Mar 30, 2021 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
Matthew 26:36-46 Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go over there and pray.” And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled. Then he said to them, “My...
by Drew Masterson | Mar 29, 2021 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Simple Soundings,” Drew Masterson (Coracle Dir. of Comms & Development) offers a slow, prayerful reading of a classic of English Christian Poetry, “The Dream of the Rood.” The poem itself is an extended reflection on the...
by Drew Masterson | Mar 22, 2021 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
Perhaps it will be strange to hear that someone responsible for an organization’s communications might choose to give up words for Lent, but here we are. And while I cannot claim to have walled off every stream of words in my life, I have made a concerted effort to...
by Drew Masterson | Mar 11, 2021 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God” devotional, Drew Masterson (Coracle Dir. of Comms & Development) guides us through the ancient Old English poem “The Dream of the Rood.” This anonymous poem dates back to the 8th Century and tells the story of the...
by Mary Gardner | Feb 22, 2021 | Contemplative Life
Nearly two years ago my husband and I visited the Boca Raton Museum of Art on our travels through Florida. There I encountered a deeply moving, profound, disturbing, and yet in some ways prophetic piece of art. A model of a life-size work, this piece by artist...
by Coracle | Feb 18, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Rev. Skip Ryan guides us into a fresh encounter with the Beatitudes as a way of cultivating the right headspace and heart space for Lent. We hope you’ll find somewhere comfy, grab a Bible, open it up to Matthew 5,...
by Karla Petty | Mar 30, 2020 | Contemplative Life, Pilgrimage
Many of you have probably seen this widely-circulated Coronavirus meme: It’s funny because it’s true, almost painfully so. Over the past few weeks, every single pilgrimage that Coracle had planned for this year has been canceled, postponed or called seriously into...
by Drew Masterson | Feb 19, 2020 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
For more of my life than I would like to admit, the season of Lent primarily signified the time of year when I would give up sodas as a last ditch effort to get in shape for baseball season. In fact, I would tend to forget about Lent until I spotted my Catholic...
by Bill Haley | Jan 7, 2020 | Coracle News, Justice and Mercy
Happy New Year everyone! We just finished the Christmas season, and I’ll bet you heard those powerful words in “O Holy Night” more than once: “Truly He taught us to love one another, His law is love and His gospel is peace / Chains shall He break for the slave is our...
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 | Apr 18, 2019 | For the World, Peacemaking
I returned from the Holy Land just 10 days ago from Coracle’s most recent pilgrimage with the Telos Group. What struck me this time particularly was how central caves are in the story of Christ and the hope of the world. In Israel where stone is the dominant feature...
by Wade Ballou | Mar 20, 2019 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
Friends, we are well into our season of Lent. I have come to see this season as an invitation by Christ to lean in to be in him and with him in union with the Father, through the strength of the Holy Spirit. The idea of Lent and its practices have developed over many...
by Karla Petty | Mar 13, 2019 | Contemplative Life
Bedtime stories. Epic ballads. Campfire tales. They are the stories that never grow old, that fade in one form only to emerge again arrayed with different adjectives, a different detail or two, but recognizable to anyone. When we were very young, my older brother and...
by Bill Haley | Mar 8, 2019 | Contemplative Life, Creation
I love Lent. Somehow it gives me the opportunity again to honestly own what I deeply know––I am a sinner, and sin. In the words of the confession from the 1559 Book of Common Prayer (see below) which we sometimes still say, “There is no health in us”. Lent reminds...
by Scott Buresh | Mar 6, 2019 | Contemplative Life
By: Scott Buresh, Coracle Spiritual Director Lent is a sweet anticipated season for me. Each year, I remember the image of coming home to the warm embrace of the Prodigal Father, eagerly awaiting my return. Dallas Willard describes repentance, central to the season...
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 Bill Haley | Feb 21, 2019 | For the World, Justice and Mercy, Liturgical Seasons
Brothers and sisters, we are ALL pained by the ongoing and exacerbated tensions around race in our moment. And I know if you’re reading this, you want to be part of the healing and part of the reconciliation. To help us do this, me and quite a few dear friends are now...
