by Bill Haley | Dec 15, 2013 | Contemplative Life
A Homily in Memoriam for Peggy Buresh, December 15, 2013 My enduring memories of Peggy Buresh will not be her body in the last year of her life on this earth the way that this earth is now. They will be of all her years of life leading into this past year, and there...
by Bill Haley | Dec 12, 2013 | Coracle News
Dear friends and fellow-pilgrims, I’m genuinely excited to ask for your help to enable Coracle to grow in the coming year, but you’ll have to wait til the bottom of this letter for the details about that. There is just so much really good stuff to share first! After...
by Bill Haley | Dec 6, 2013 | Contemplative Life
Recently, I had another all too familiar conversation with a man preparing for a retreat at Corhaven. He said, “Even though I’ve been a Christian for many years and heard a hundred sermons on this, I have a hard time accepting God’s love for me. If I had to climb 10...
by Bill Haley | Nov 22, 2013 | For the World
On the flight home now, still in and over this amazing part of God’s good earth where so many of the people of this earth live. While I’m on my way back, Bill Deiss will head on to Kuching, Malaysia for several days with Archbishop Bolly to see some of the...
by Bill Haley | Nov 20, 2013 | For the World
Bill and I had long meetings today in Singapore at St. Andrew’s Cathedral. We had a very profitable time with the Archbishop of the Province of Southeast Asia (CPSEA), Bolly Lapok from Kuching, Malaysia, Keith X who convenes the Economic Empowerment Task Force for the...
by Bill Haley | Nov 19, 2013 | For the World
The 55-story high Marina Bay Hotel and Park, with a giant ‘boat’ on top connecting the three towers, complete with pool, casino, restaurants, spa, and more. And why this photo sums up Singapore is that when Bill Deiss left Singapore in 1984, there was no...
by Bill Haley | Nov 19, 2013 | For the World
“They tried to put me in solitary confinement but that is actually impossible as God is everywhere.” James Mawdsley What would you go to jail for in Burma? Burma itself, in the case of James Mawdsley. Mawdsley is a Brit who, in the late 1990s, got...
by Bill Haley | Nov 18, 2013 | For the World
After hearing virtually every Anglican Burmese talk about the Archbishop’s vision for the Province of the Church of Myanmar (CPM), “Thy Will Be Done,” we were excited to hear it from Archbishop Stephen Than Myint Oo himself. He did not disappoint, and we were...
by Bill Haley | Nov 18, 2013 | Church Unity, For the World
In a country of 70 million people, there are 2.4 million Burmese Christian brothers and sisters… and most of them are Baptists. This is only part of the legacy of one of the church’s missionary greats. Being here has brought back to mind the life and ministry...
by Bill Haley | Nov 16, 2013 | For the World
The first question to get clarity on upon arrival is “What do I call this place? Yangon or Rangoon? Myanmar or Burma?” It’s a complicated question, not without risk of having one’s political tendencies assumed depending on which one you use. At the risk of...
by Bill Haley | Nov 15, 2013 | For the World
“For years, Burma’s plight was one of the most under-reported tragedies in the second half the twentieth century.” Benedict Rogers, Burma: A Nation at the Crossroads I’ve been aware of just how little I know about Burma as the days before entering near. The world is...
by Bill Haley | Nov 15, 2013 | For the World
We arrived after a full day’s journey from Washington to Singapore, 28 hours from door to door via Tokyo, Japan. Flying over Southeast Asia, the little flight map on the plane showed us the cities that lay sleeping below…Taipei, Taiwan; Manila and the cyclone...
by Bill Haley | Nov 11, 2013 | For the World
Dear friends and fellow-pilgrims…In a week’s time, I’ll be traveling to Burma and Singapore, and writing about it on our blog, and I hope you’ll come along for the journey! Following the pattern of mission reports from Congo and South Sudan, and Israel and...
by Bill Haley | Aug 23, 2013 | Vocation
The following is the edited transcription of a talk given to participants of The Washington Institute’s “Come and See” Vocation Conference July 16-17, 2013 in Washington, DC. Jesus came into the deep mess—the mess of the human experience. Of course,...
by Bill Haley | Jun 30, 2013 | For the World, Pilgrimage
Recently I took a very strange pilgrimage to Israel and Palestine. Open the PDF for all the reflections from the trip. Israel Palestine blogs
by Bill Haley | Jun 6, 2013 | Vocation
Eldon Stoffell has been a great friend to us for many years now, and a great blessing to Corhaven. Here he’s interviewed by The Washington Institute about his vocation as a painter, but even more so his vocation as a follower of Jesus. And there are some...
by Bill Haley | Apr 25, 2013 | Contemplative Life, Vocation
Recently with World Relief in Philadelphia, mention was made in a room of about a hundred people that I had met (very briefly) Mother Teresa some years ago. A few minutes later, a man found me across the crowded room, because he wanted to share his own experience. ...
by Bill Haley | Mar 13, 2013 | Spiritual Direction
A while back I referenced an article from the Boston Globe about the rise in spiritual direction, found here, from a Protestant angle. Here’s another one, from the Catholic side of things.
by Bill Haley | Feb 23, 2013 | Justice and Mercy
In 1997, some old friends and those who would become old friends hosted the Emerging Urban Leaders Summit in Washington DC, with the help of Re:generation Quarterly, The Falls Church, and Leadership Network. We wanted to name and capitalize on the fact that God was...
by Bill Haley | Feb 23, 2013 | Contemplative Life
At this point in a conference like this on justice, it’s already overwhelming. It’s quick and easy to feel like there’s so much to do, and so much I’m not doing, even when I’m already trying to do as much as I know to do. What to do with these longings, these...
