by Coracle | Mar 3, 2016 | Peacemaking
We love this bold statement of faith issued from a meeting of Messianic Jews and Palestinian Christians, hosted by the Lausanne Initiative for Reconciliation in Israel-Palestine (LIRIP) and held in Cyprus in January 2016. Born out of a long-standing relationship...
by Coracle | Feb 24, 2016 | Contemplative Life, Coracle News, Spiritual Direction
Hello friends! We’re going to start providing more specialized communication about our area offerings, hoping that many of you will take advantage of them and keep them on your radar. We want to highlight a few of the things we currently offer in Northern...
by Coracle | Feb 17, 2016 | Contemplative Life
Our friend Jay Jakub found this awhile back and was kind enough to pass it on. How encouraging! How true! My Child, You may not know me, but I know everything about you. Psalm 139:1 I know when you sit down and when you rise up. Psalm 139:2 I am familiar with all your...
by Coracle | Feb 11, 2016 | Contemplative Life
There is always an enormous temptation in all of life to diddle around making itsy-bitsy friends and meals and journeys for itsy-bitsy years on end. It is so self-conscious, so apparently moral, simply to step aside from the gaps where the creeks and winds pour down,...
by Coracle | Feb 10, 2016 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
This is one of my all-time favorite poems and prayers, from a man well-acquainted with God, and with sin. Regarding sin, who cannot agree with his refrain, “I have more”. Yet it ends in hope and freedom from fear, which is precisely the destination of journey of Lent...
by Coracle | Feb 4, 2016 | Contemplative Life
Soren Johnson, one of Coracle’s very own board members, had his writings highlighted in a post on LivingChurch.org’s blog Covenant. As described by Caleb Congrove in this article, Soren Johnson’s writings are “mostly reflections on fatherhood...
by Coracle | Jan 25, 2016 | For the World
Serving the Body of Christ and Building the Kingdom of God…Together Coracle exists “to inspire and enable people to be the presence of God in the world by offering spiritual formation and Kingdom action.” We want to help more people say “Yes” to the amazing...
by Coracle | Jan 18, 2016 | For the World
This song was written by Bono in late 1983 as he was pondering both the non-violent and the violent sides of the US Civil Rights movement. A tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this particular version seems the most appropriate to share today. The words speak of...
by Coracle | Jan 15, 2016 | For the World, Justice and Mercy
It was a year ago exactly that a small group of people from the Shenandoah Valley gathered together in Corhaven’s Woodshop to have an exploratory conversation about how to honor the slaves that lay buried in the ground at Corhaven. The conversation that took place...
by Coracle | Jan 1, 2016 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
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by Coracle | Dec 16, 2015 | Liturgical Seasons
By Father James of Holy Cross Abbey
by Coracle | Dec 1, 2015 | Coracle News
As 2015 draws rapidly to a close and the new liturgical year is newly upon us, we gratefully look back at an astounding year, hopefully look forward at what God has for us in 2016, and humbly look to you, our faithful friends and supporters to continue partnering with...
by Coracle | Nov 24, 2015 | Pilgrimage
The following post was originally posted on here by Yonce Shelton (Spiritual Director with Coracle). In February, I joined 13 others on a pilgrimage to Israel and Palestine led by the Telos Group, which seeks to change how American Christians understand conflict in...
by Coracle | Nov 22, 2015 | Coracle News
Thanks be to God, 2015 for Coracle has been a year of unprecedented growth and full of unexpected invitations into new areas. As we draw closer to the end of this year, check out our 2015 overview for a brief summary of what’s been happening, and look forward...
by Coracle | Nov 2, 2015 | Contemplative Life, Peacemaking
The following post was originally posted on this site by Yonce Shelton (Spiritual Director with Coracle). During our trip to Israel and Palestine, we met with lifelong peacemaker and former Archbishop Elias Chacour. After he shared his story of commitment to...
by Coracle | Oct 20, 2015 | Vocation
The following post was originally posted on this site by Yonce Shelton (Spiritual Director with Coracle). “Vocation is just there,” said Dr. Emilie Townes. She was speaking to a group of us gathered to explore helping young adults in intentional communities...
by Coracle | Oct 18, 2015 | Contemplative Life
by Kit Elmer God has had me on a journey of desire. He reminded me recently of the story of Bartimaeus. He is a blind man begging along the streets of Jericho. When Jesus comes along he shouts “Jesus son of David have mercy on me!” Everyone is telling him to be...
by Coracle | Oct 14, 2015 | Contemplative Life
Chris and her family attend Restoration Anglican Church, and here she reflects on a truth we’ve come to see again and again and again, that when God is ready to move he can do that very quickly, and he’s ready when we’re ready, and he knows when that is. Hers is a...
by Coracle | Oct 4, 2015 | Coracle News
Adventure. Challenge. Fear. Wonder. Risk. Beauty. Pain. Transformation. Joy. God. Journey. And quiet Awe. Several years now into the thing that is Coracle, looking back, these are words that indeed reflect what we’ve experienced, and so many others now. And we’re as...
by Coracle | Oct 3, 2015 | Spiritual Direction
The following post was originally posted on this site by Yonce Shelton (Spiritual Director with Coracle). “The Scream” is a well known painting by Edvard Munch. Whether you think it scary, unnerving, confusing or something else, it presents an element of real life....
