by Coracle | Oct 14, 2021 | Justice and Mercy
In this Soundings Seminar conversation, Bill Haley (Coracle Executive Director) is joined by Rev. Duke Kwon and Dr. Gregory Thompson to discuss their new book Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Renewal. They lay out how the book helps American...
by Coracle | Oct 12, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty,” Karen Wright Marsh (author and executive director of Theological Horizons) introduces us to the life and work of Ephrem of Syria (c. 306-373). Eprhem was a Christian pastor, poet, refugee, theologian, and songwriter whose...
by Coracle | Oct 12, 2021 | Coracle News
What initially drew you towards the Coracle Fellowship Program?A dear friend who had been a Fellow the previous year recommended I look into this program. I’m so glad I did! And I remain grateful to my friend!What is one retreat that has particularly resonated with...
by Coracle | Oct 6, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Anna Martinez (Coracle’s Administrator) guides us through an imaginative 3-course meal from scripture. We follow Peter from his betrayal of Jesus to his post-Resurrection reconciliation, to his later vision of...
by Coracle | Sep 30, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: BIBLE” devotional, Karen Curry (pastor and poet) unpacks Christ’s words to the church in Thyatira from Revelation 2. She shows how the type of sins and idolatry corrupting that church 2000 years ago can still be found in our...
by Coracle | Sep 28, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this Soundings Seminar, Rev. Bill Haley (Coracle Executive Director) talks with Amy Boucher Pye (Author and Spiritual Director) about her new book 7 Ways to Pray: Time-Tested Practices for Encountering God. Through their conversation, they offer us ways to...
by Coracle | Sep 21, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Ryan Bettwy (Anglican Priest) draws from James 1 to explore how our trials can serve as “kaleidoscopic crucibles of character” if we approach them from the mindset of faith. He helps us practice reframing the...
by Coracle | Sep 14, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty” devotional, Lori Smith (author and teacher) shares how she came to better appreciate the beauty of the Lord’s creation after taking up watercolor during a season of extended suffering from Lyme disease. She came to...
by Coracle | Aug 31, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Christie Bettwy (Executive Director of Rock Recovery) shares the ways we are all drawn towards different forms of idolatry that deform our desires and ultimately render our lives shallow. From her own struggles with an...
by Coracle | Aug 27, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: BIBLE” devotional, Marissa Salgado (Programs Director at Casa Chirilagua) opens up John 15 to us. She explores the deep truths contained in the image of Jesus as the vine and us as the branches, and guides us through a moving...
by Coracle | Aug 24, 2021 | For the World
We are all grieving the ongoing unrest and devastation affecting Afghanistan and Haiti. Moments like these remind us that the world is broken. And even so, there are many rallying to be the healing, redeeming presence of God in those very places of brokenness. If...
by Coracle | Aug 23, 2021 | Contemplative Life
Every Tuesday morning from 8:30-9 AM (ET), we offer “Space for God”– a time to meet with and be met by God through a guided time of reflection and prayer. Over the weeks, the archive of recordings from this rich time together has grown into a terrific...
by Coracle | Aug 23, 2021 | Contemplative Life
Every Tuesday morning from 8:30-9 AM (ET), we offer “Space for God”– a time to meet with and be met by God through a guided time of reflection and prayer. Over the weeks, the archive of recordings from this rich time together has grown into a terrific...
by Coracle | Aug 17, 2021 | Coracle News
In spite of the beauty that is Christ and Christianity, many Christians are weary of what they see in the church right now. Many confess that they are experiencing what feels like a flattened, narrowed, obscured vision of the Christian faith and life.We hear these...
by Coracle | Aug 13, 2021 | Contemplative Life, Vocation
In this Soundings Seminar conversation, educators Carla Mueller, Abri Nelson May, and Squire Newsome talk with co-moderators Karla Petty (Coracle’s Dir. of Program Development) and Erica Adams (Redemptive Education’s Assistant Director) about the interplay...
by Coracle | Jul 30, 2021 | Contemplative Life
“This conversation is such rich nourishment… spiritual fudge, beautiful!!” Online Viewer Gwen In this Soundings Seminar, Rev. Bill Haley (Executive Director of Coracle) talks with psychiatrist Dr. Curt Thompson about the role of beauty and desire in...
by Coracle | Jul 30, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Anne Grizzle (faculty, Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation) guides us through a time of listening intercession. Too often, we jump right into praying for what we think we should pray for without asking the Lord to...
by Coracle | Jul 22, 2021 | Contemplative Life, Justice and Mercy
In this “Space for God: BIBLE,” Steve Park (Founder and Executive Director of Little Lights) guides us through the arc of scripture related to God’s coming Kingdom of Justice and mutual flourishing. He offers us a rousing invitation to join...
by Coracle | Jul 2, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Dr. Ben Sammons guides us through a reflective reading of “Adventures in New Testament Greek: Nous” a poem by acclaimed poet and theologian Scott Cairns. The poem invites us into a spiritual exercise meant to...
by Coracle | Jun 25, 2021 | Church Unity
In this Soundings Seminar, Rev. Bill Haley (Coracle Executive Director) explores the teachings and significance of Catholic Social Teaching (CST) with an ordained Catholic Priest, Fr. Ben Petty. They walk through the 7 major themes of CST, discuss how those themes...
