by Coracle | Apr 28, 2015 | For the World
By: Gabriel Dodd There is much to grieve over. As I found out about the Earthquake in Nepal, I immediately thought of a colleague of mine who is from Nepal, and who’s wife and family are still in Nepal. Today, I found out that his wife and father have survived,...
by Coracle | Apr 13, 2015 | Contemplative Life, Peacemaking
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by Coracle | Apr 13, 2015 | Contemplative Life
[Some people have gotten divine messages from Gabriel the Angel. Many of you have gotten emails from Gabriel Dodd, the Program Manager. I asked him to tell you a little bit more about himself. He did. – Bill] My name is Gabriel. I’m 26, a husband, and I have been the...
by Coracle | Apr 5, 2015 | Liturgical Seasons
Hallelujah! The Lord is risen! He is risen indeed! With great joy and relief and gladness and hope and thanksgiving we celebrate today the resurrection of our Jesus Christ from the dead! It changed, and changes everything. Glory be to you, Lord Christ! “The good...
by Coracle | Mar 30, 2015 | Contemplative Life
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by Coracle | Mar 20, 2015 | Contemplative Life
“Listening in the spiritual life is much more than a psychological strategy to help others discover themselves. In the spiritual life the listener is not the ego, which would like to speak but is trained to restrain itself, but the Spirit of God within us. When...
by Coracle | Mar 16, 2015 | Contemplative Life
[What does a monk do and why? Members of the Coracle community just got some answers as we returned from an experiences that you’ll read about below. It was great, truly great. I asked the Abbot, Fr. Robert Barnes, “What is the deepest essence of why a monk does...
by Coracle | Feb 18, 2015 | Contemplative Life
“Just As I Am” by Charlotte Elliot 1. Just as I am, without one plea, but that thy blood was shed for me, and that thou bidst me come to thee, O Lamb of God, I come, I come. 2. Just as I am, and waiting not to rid my soul of one dark blot, to thee whose...
by Coracle | Feb 13, 2015 | Contemplative Life, Vocation
The Soundings Seminar #2 in Northern Virginia, led by Soren Johnson and Bill Haley, explores the breadth of the Gospel, and why the good news really is good news! Check out the audio below: DOWNLOAD THE SEMINAR HANDOUT »
by Coracle | Jan 19, 2015 | Justice and Mercy
Notes from “Honoring the Forgotten” a first conversation about the slave cemetery at Corhaven held on January 16, 2015 (MLK Day Weekend) Corhaven is located at 2883 Quicksburg Road, Quicksburg VA 22847 Local residents of Shenandoah County and also the History Club of...
by Coracle | Jan 5, 2015 | Contemplative Life
Dear Jesus, help us to spread your presence everywhere we go. Flood our souls with your spirit and life. Penetrate and possess our whole being so utterly, that our lives may be only a radiance of yours. Shine through us, and be so in us, that every person we come in...
by Coracle | Dec 20, 2014 | Contemplative Life
by Mona Lindeman Mona is a dear friend of Coracle and active at The Falls Church Anglican. She gave this reflection recently to a women’s Bible Study. Consider Mary of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph the carpenter, the mother of Jesus our Savior. What do we think when...
by Coracle | Dec 16, 2014 | Creation
Tara served an outstanding soup at the Advent Retreat this year. After several requests for the recipe, we are excited to share it with more people. It sounds good, and tastes delicious. Thank you Tara! Carrot Soup with Parmesan Crisps Serves 6 1 ounce...
by Coracle | Nov 26, 2014 | Justice and Mercy
We cannot escape the news and the situation in Ferguson, nor should we. Lord, have mercy. These events remind us that there is much work to be done for racial reconciliation in America. Not only do we pray for peace in Ferguson, but we pray for change in our own...
by Coracle | Nov 10, 2014 | Contemplative Life
In case you did not catch this on the EWTN News Nightly, The Trinity House Cafe was featured for a couple of minutes, and we want to share it with you. Soren Johnson, a Coracle board member and friend is connected very closely and his wife, Ever, runs the ministry....
by Coracle | Oct 30, 2014 | Creation
In the past few weeks, we’ve had a steady stream of folks at Corhaven coming for retreats, or more specifically, coming to meet with God. And God met them! The tag-line describing Corhaven has been from the very beginning “A place to meet God–A place to be met by...
by Coracle | Oct 23, 2014 | Contemplative Life
Matthew 8:1-4 8 When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. 2 A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”3 Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he...
by Coracle | Oct 13, 2014 | Contemplative Life
MARTYROLOGY AND ECCLESIOLOGY: A Perspective on Christian Unity by John Gardner (John participated in our “Catholics and Evangelicals Together” seminar and was kind enough to forward on his excellent piece on those themes. BH) In Ut Unum Sint, Pope (and now Saint)...
by Coracle | Oct 10, 2014 | Contemplative Life
Dear Board, I am grateful to God for what I sensed as His blessing on last night’s reflection with Bill on the ‘Evangelicals and Catholics Together’ theme. I found it to be an honest time of reflection (this included people expressing pain/disappointment at various...
by Coracle | Oct 6, 2014 | Church Unity
We are very excited for the first of our Soundings Seminars this Wednesday night in Falls Church. Here are some resources we suggest regarding your exploration on Wednesday’s discussions: Is the Reformation Over? An Evangelical Assessment of Contemporary...
