A Common Way
“The goal is not the reading, nor the [liturgical prayers], nor the meditation, nor some mythical romantic monastic ideal. God is the goal.”
Mark PlaissA Common Way
A Common Way is Coracle’s expression of a way of life together that makes the wisdom and practices of the monastic tradition accessible to normal people in the modern world in the concrete circumstances and constraints of our daily lives to which God has called us. A Common Way helps people live by discerned, personal expressions of a general, Benedictine-informed “rule of life”, and helps encourage and strengthen us to live our lives more fully for God’s sake in the world as witness.
A Conversation Introducing “A Common Way”
Released on our podcast on May 17, 2026, we share an exclusive For the Journey conversation between Rev. Bill Haley, Scott Buresh (Coracle Baltimore Community Minister), and Wade Ballou (Co-pastor of the Coracle Community). They discuss Celtic Christianity, Ignatian spirituality, pilgrimage, the Desert Fathers, the development of Western monasticism, and much more. All of this serves as an introduction to A Common Way, Coracle’s initiative to translate the riches of monastic wisdom for normal people in the modern world.
