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...
by Bill Haley | Feb 23, 2013 | Justice and Mercy
The long, tedious work of love in the ordinary is what the work of justice most needs. So said another old friend, Gary Haugen, who spoke this morning. His talk opened by reflecting on the problem that remains: 27 million people in slavery…more than New York,...
by Bill Haley | Feb 23, 2013 | Justice and Mercy
This conference is impressive, and so heartening (more on that later). But some thoughts on the opening plenary session. A note about scope: several thousand people in the Philadelphia Convention Center (the majority quite on the younger side) from around the...
by Bill Haley | Feb 22, 2013 | Justice and Mercy
If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard the word ‘justice’ already, well… The effect of so much attention on one topic from so many different angles can hurt the head, and it makes me ask, “OK, now just what are we talking about again? And just what is...
by Bill Haley | Feb 22, 2013 | Creation, Justice and Mercy
Corhaven is a 17 acre slice of earth, given to our community to steward well for the purposes of God which includes stewarding well the land itself. Peter Harris is the founder and international director of A Rocha (their motto “Christians in Conservation”), a well...
by Bill Haley | Feb 22, 2013 | Justice and Mercy
Thoughts from a break-out session by Paul Metzger on Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Mother Teresa, and John Perkins Believe in a suffering God Believe in a resurrected God See Jesus in relation to the poor Sense your own poverty in relation to the poor Lay down your life for...
by Bill Haley | Feb 22, 2013 | Justice and Mercy
At a smaller breakfast this morning sponsored by World Relief, Lynne Hybels shared her story of her own transformation. In her words, if you’d told her ten years ago she’d be deep in the work of working for peace in Israel/Palestine and offering hope to the women of...
by Bill Haley | Feb 21, 2013 | Justice and Mercy
Coracle · The Blessing of Pursuing Justice Just over one year over a year ago, The Falls Church Anglican did a four-week sermon series on justice. Kicking it off with the sermon above, I reflected on the Christian’s privilege of being able to work for justice, and...
by Bill Haley | Feb 20, 2013 | Justice and Mercy
Dear friends, I’m going to be quick to the point, and then make a bigger point. The point: This Thursday night through Saturday I’m going to be participating in The Justice Conference in Philadelphia with World Relief, to be with a few dear dear friends...
by Bill Haley | Feb 14, 2013 | Liturgical Seasons
I love Lent…I love Lent. It’s like a long, hot shower for the soul, spring cleaning for our spirits. There’s such value in observing the church year, such pastoral help. Lent helps us come clean through self-examination, confession, repentance, and amendment...
by Bill Haley | Jan 3, 2013 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
I’ve often mentioned that I’ve come to discover the deepest truths about life, God, and the spiritual life from the lives and insights of those who have suffered much, and those who have chosen the religious, viz the monastic, life. Perhaps one could add to those...
by Bill Haley | Dec 21, 2012 | For the World, Liturgical Seasons
If we can’t count on cold weather and snow this holiday season, one thing we can count on is that all of us will have many opportunities to wait. Checkout lines at the grocery store are longer, more people flood the retail stores shopping for gifts and clogging the...
by Bill Haley | Nov 21, 2012 | Contemplative Life
So what goes on at a retreat at Corhaven? Christine Lee Buchholz tells us in a great article for The Washington Institute. Better than that though, she invites us to experience the richness of silence, which is not the absence of noise, but rather space for God. You...
by Bill Haley | Nov 3, 2012 | For the World, Justice and Mercy
Something Coracle seems to specialize in is being able to walk with those whose lives are on the front lines of seeing some of the worst that a broken world can throw, whether poverty, injustice, violence, and all sorts of disillusionment. Last week, I was grateful to...
