by Coracle | Jun 20, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Andy McClain (Coracle Spiritual Director) guides us into the insights of a new book by Caroline Oakes called Practice the Pause: Jesus’ Contemplative Practice, New Brain Science, and What It Means to Be Fully...
by Coracle | Jun 10, 2025 | Justice and Mercy
Kathy R. Williamson Bruce shares with Coracle, “Where Can I Go From Here? — Action, Advocacy, and Allyship”. Kathy serves on the Coracle Baltimore Core Team. Kathy has been called to set tables designed to tear down walls of racial division and...
by Coracle | Jun 4, 2025 | Coracle News
We are sad to share the news of the passing of Desiree Barker, one of Coracle’s early spiritual directors, on May 30 in Hoover, Alabama. Desiree was a beautiful and compassionate soul who deeply cared for others and accompanied many others on their deeper spiritual...
by Coracle | May 29, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Debra Donnelly-Barton (Coracle Spiritual Director) walks us through the difference between a disciplined prayer life and a disciple’s prayer life. Rather than settle for a rigid form of prayer, she invites us to...
by Coracle | May 28, 2025 | Contemplative Life
Few passages elicit a more emotional response from women than the Luke 10 story of Mary and Martha. As a spiritual director, when I meet with someone new, I often start with a Lectio Divina on that passage. Initially, my purpose in choosing this passage was to explore...
by Coracle | May 17, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Roy Hange (Mennonite pastor and missionary) guides us through meditative reflections on three “cliffhanger” moments for God’s people through history. Appreciating the consistent character of God and...
by Coracle | May 8, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty,” Bette Dickinson (artist and author) guides us into the deep wisdom of Jesus’ teaching in John 12:23, where he illustrates the upside-down growth model of his kingdom with the image of a seed falling into the soil. She...
by Coracle | May 2, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Dr. Barbara L. Peacock (Author and Spiritual Director) guides us into the practice of lament. She offers us time and space to lament whatever is weighing most heavily on our hearts in this season, and then helps us to bring those...
by Coracle | Apr 25, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Laura Merricks (Spiritual Director) guides us into a time of visio and lectio divina centered around the image of Jesus as our good shepherd. She traces this image through scripture and then invites us to dwell on it...
by Coracle | Apr 11, 2025 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God: Lent” devotional, Rev. Anne Grizzle (Spiritual Director) guides us through a reflective overview of the events of Holy Week. From the Triumphal Entry to the thief on the Cross, Anne invites us to prepare our hearts to fully immerse ourselves...
by Coracle | Apr 8, 2025 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God: Lent” devotional, Terry Timm (Pastor, Author, Coach) guides us through Jesus’ three temptations in the wilderness, a classic framing for the Lenten season. He demonstrates how ubiquitous Satan’s three temptations are in...
by Coracle | Apr 3, 2025 | Contemplative Life
by: Jimeka Jones Setzer | Lead Pastor, Church of the Well While scrolling through Instagram, watching reels and keeping up with the “daily news” from everyday people, so many questions and concerns rose within me such as: “Somebody should do something about all of...
by Coracle | Apr 3, 2025 | Contemplative Life
By Kevin Goertzen What comes to mind when you think of the wilderness? Maybe you think of barrenness: like the children of Israel wandering in the wilderness for 40 years. For some, it might be testing: like Jesus being tempted in the wilderness for 40 days. And...
by Coracle | Apr 2, 2025 | Contemplative Life
Our friend and Coracle Baltimore core team member, Kathy Bruce, is hosting an upcoming Kitchen Table Conversation: There’s so much going on in the world. We are now 11 weeks into the first 100 Days of Donald Trump’s Presidency. Many people have different opinions and...
by Coracle | Mar 13, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty” devotional, Jan Haugen (Docent, National Gallery of Art) guides us through a time observing and reflecting upon Johannes Vermeer’s 1664 work, “Woman Holding a Balance.” By helping us understand the...
by Coracle | Mar 7, 2025 | Contemplative Life
by Kathy R. Williamson Bruce | Coracle Baltimore Core Team Member My spiritual roots were first planted and nurtured in the Black church. My grandfather was a Baptist preacher who built the (literal) church building brick by brick alongside my dad who was a youngster...
by Coracle | Mar 3, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: BIBLE” devotional, Rev. Karen Curry guides us into a time contemplating the many ways God reveals himself to us. She walks us through various passages from Scripture, enabling us to wonder anew and give thanks for how God shows up...
by Coracle | Feb 18, 2025 | Contemplative Life
‘An inaugural cohort of Sustainable Faith’s School of Spiritual Direction will be offered in the Washington DC Metro Area beginning in May 2025. The 2-year certificate program is an immersive, integrated and robust training in the ministry of spiritual...
by Coracle | Feb 8, 2025 | For the World, Justice and Mercy, Peacemaking
We have a tremendous amount to learn about faithful Christian discipleship from our Palestinian evangelical brothers and sisters. We were grateful to have that opportunity in this Soundings Seminar Conversation with Dr. Salim Munayer (author, theologian, and founder...
by Coracle | Feb 6, 2025 | Justice and Mercy
By Gwendolyn Payton | RRG Growing up in Middle Georgia in the 50’s and 60’s, my siblings and I were led to faith by our parents. America was still living under the 1896 Supreme Court case: Plessy v. Ferguson. This case upheld the constitutionality of “separate...
