by Coracle | May 5, 2016 | Coracle News
Friends, we had a wonderful celebration this past Saturday, dedicating the Corhaven Graveyard. In many ways it felt like completion, and in many ways a start to something. We are so grateful to you for all your support and prayers throughout the process of getting the...
by Coracle | Apr 25, 2016 | For the World, Justice and Mercy
PDF version of ARDF press release from April 25 2016
by Coracle | Apr 19, 2016 | Justice and Mercy
Some photos of the signage being installed at the Corhaven Graveyard. Come on April 30th to see it all in place!
by Coracle | Apr 18, 2016 | For the World, Justice and Mercy
from the print version of The Free Press newspaper “Unearthing a shameful past along Holman’s Creek” Posted April 14, 2016 by Mona Casteel It took more than a year to rescue a field from briars, brush and negligence. But the care given is tribute to those buried more...
by Coracle | Apr 13, 2016 | Spiritual Direction
Bishop Eric Menees of the Diocese of San Joaquin in California shares a reflection on his 36-year journey with Spiritual Direction. What it is, what it has been to him, and some encouragement to decide whether or not it might be something you are being invited to...
by Coracle | Apr 8, 2016 | Contemplative Life
Check out this list of resources we love and avail yourself of some of them! We have found their help significant in making the word of God, its wisdom, and its application more accessible in our lives. We hope you will enjoy them too! Printable PDF accessible here,...
by Coracle | Apr 6, 2016 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
We had such a great time celebrating with our friends at Christ Church Vienna on April 3. You can listen to the sermon here, or you can download it from CCV’s website here. Some of our favorite soundbytes: “Disillusionment can be a great gift”...
by Coracle | Mar 28, 2016 | Liturgical Seasons
EASTER MONDAY, 2016 by John S. Gardner The first Lent and first Easter since my parents’ deaths has been a time for reflection, a time of necessary busyness, welcome return to work, and sometimes enforced rest (“I am become like one who has no strength,” Ps. 88:4), a...
by Coracle | Mar 27, 2016 | Contemplative Life
“He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said.” Matt 28:6
by Coracle | Mar 25, 2016 | Contemplative Life
Many of us know this traditional African-American spiritual, passed down for many generations since the 19th century. First printed in 1899, it was the first spiritual to be published in a major American hymnal (1940 in the Episcopal Church hymnal). We invite you to...
by Coracle | Mar 21, 2016 | Spiritual Direction
Join us on April 16th for a retreat led by Margot Eyring, Spiritual Director with Coracle, and Faith Evans, a pastor in Harrisonburg, VA. See the details about the retreat and more information about the leaders in the flyer below and click anywhere on it for a link...
by Coracle | Mar 20, 2016 | Liturgical Seasons
We’re borrowing from G.K. Chesterton and posting a poem told from the perspective of the animal on which Jesus entered Jerusalem. Welcome to Holy Week everyone! The Donkey BY G. K. CHESTERTON When fishes flew and forests walked And figs grew upon thorn, Some...
by Coracle | Mar 7, 2016 | Contemplative Life
The word “contemplative” can seem incongruous in our lightning-fast world, sounding painstakingly slow, or even archaic. For many, life is about results, and the results that count are tangible, quantifiable ones. Prayer doesn’t always produce those,...
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...
