by Coracle | May 17, 2022 | Justice and Mercy
by Bill Haley (Coracle Executive Director) & Kristy Wallace (Repentance Project Director) With you, our hearts are deeply troubled, sad, angry, and sorrowful at the news of last Saturday’s deadly and racially motivated mass shooting in Buffalo. We are grieved by...
by Coracle | May 17, 2022 | Contemplative Life
As we have stewarded our two series this year, “Doubt, Deconstruction & Redemption” and “Discernment: Hearing God’s Voice in a Noisy World,” we have waded into some complicated and contentious topics. It can get heavy. That is why we resolved from the start to...
by Coracle | May 4, 2022 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” reflection, Ann Bodling (Coracle Spiritual Director) guides us through a few prompts to help us discern God’s presence with us throughout our days. She helpfully distinguishes discernment from decision-making, inviting us into...
by Coracle | Apr 22, 2022 | Justice and Mercy
In this Soundings Seminar, Rev. Bill Haley converses with Dr. Walter E. Fluker about the overlapping and sometimes competing visions of community held by Howard Thurman and Martin Luther King, Jr. One of the leading Thurman scholars in the world, Dr. Fluker also...
by Coracle | Mar 28, 2022 | Contemplative Life
In this Soundings Seminar, Rev. Bill Haley (Coracle Executive Director) facilitates a conversation between Dr. Scott Buresh (Coracle Community Minister to Baltimore) and Carla Mueller (Coracle Associate) on Dallas Willard’s spiritual classic, Hearing God. They...
by Coracle | Mar 24, 2022 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God: BIBLE” reflection, Demetrius Summerville (of LIFT Orlando) guides us through Matthew 14 as a window into how we might make space for God even in the thick of swirling distractions—rampant injustice, constant interruptions,...
by Coracle | Mar 15, 2022 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God,” Dave Bonselaar (Pastor, Spiritual Director) helps us reflect upon our view of God and God’s relation to us. He weaves together stories from his childhood and international missions with the Ignatian spiritual exercise of...
by Coracle | Feb 28, 2022 | Contemplative Life
In this Soundings Seminar conversation, Rev. Bill Haley (Coracle Executive Director) hosts Dr. Kimberly B.W. Denu (Westmont College) and Aaron Graham (District Church) to discuss the realities of “deconstruction” in American churches and some appropriate,...
by Coracle | Feb 24, 2022 | Contemplative Life
Simply put, discerning God’s unique voice is one of the most important skills for a Christian and is absolutely crucial for our intimacy with God and our ability to follow him. And, in many ways, our world is engineered to prevent us from cultivating the skill of...
by Coracle | Feb 24, 2022 | Contemplative Life
Coracle has always sought to offer care, companionship, and resources to those wrestling with their faith. Because of this long commitment, we felt led to enter the unfolding conversation around “deconstruction” by offering programs, conversations, and...
by Coracle | Feb 16, 2022 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: BIBLE,” Pastor Chris Johnson (Divine Unity Community Church) offers a rousing and insightful exposition of Psalm 65. He shares a helpful Bible Study technique before unpacking how this Psalm beautifully praises the forgiveness,...
by Coracle | Feb 2, 2022 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Susan Marks (Coracle Spiritual Director) introduces and guides us through an experience of “Ignatian Gospel Reading.” Developed by St. Ignatius of Loyola in the 16th century, this is a way of prayerfully...
by Coracle | Jan 28, 2022 | Contemplative Life
During this Soundings Seminar, Karla Petty (Coracle’s Dir. of Program Development) facilitates a very impactful conversation on the topic of spiritual discernment with a panel of 3 Coracle Spiritual Directors. They draw out both the importance (and joy) of...
by Coracle | Jan 26, 2022 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: BIBLE,” George Hopkins (Pastor of Sowebo Community Church) helps us encounter God’s love in our vocations. He directs our attention to Genesis 12 and Matthew 4 as stories that both challenge and encourage us as we live out our...
by Coracle | Jan 12, 2022 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty,” Connally Gilliam (writer, speaker, mentor) guides us through a reflection on the 4-part gospel narrative of Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Restoration. She invites us to explore the longings, frustrations, possibilities,...
by Coracle | Dec 21, 2021 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God: Advent,” Rev. Skip Ryan draws us into the life-changing, creation-blessing mystery of the Incarnation. He highlights the unique and even scandalous claim that God became flesh in Jesus and shows how that reality invites us...
by Coracle | Dec 15, 2021 | Coracle News
It has been another challenging, stretching, and exciting year for all of us, and for Coracle too. The Lord has been faithful, and we are in awe as we look back on the places of new creativity and growth into which he has led us that we couldn’t have predicted...
by Coracle | Dec 9, 2021 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God: BIBLE” study, Dr. Vincent Bacote (Professor and Director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College) invites us into a close look at Hebrews 1 during the Advent season. Dr. Bacote unpacks how this chapter exalts...
by Coracle | Dec 2, 2021 | Contemplative Life
This special Advent offering features music, reflections, and storytelling from Seth Crissman of The Walking Roots Band. He sets Scripture to music, repurposes old hymns, and shares some of his own compositions from The Soil and The Seed Project in this sweet time of...
by Coracle | Nov 23, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Margot Eyring (Coracle’s Spiritual Direction Coordinator) guides us through both a powerful breath prayer exercise and a reflective reading of a well-known Bible story through the lens of gratitude. We explore how...
