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Birth of a Nation: A Review

by | Oct 21, 2016 | Contemplative Life, For the World

Coracle recently made its first foray into Coracle: Culture, and a group of us gathered to watch the much-talked-about film, Birth of a Nation.  The film has drawn less attention for its content  and Sundance Festival accolades than for the director and star Nate...

Hope on Election Day? Yes.

by | Oct 14, 2016 | For the World

The deep Monday morning sigh when the alarm goes off too early after a night of poor sleep is perhaps the best parallel to describe how I feel as an American facing the November 8 election.  I am resigned to what is facing me and will get up and move forward, but am...

The Trouble with Silence

by | Jul 26, 2016 | Contemplative Life

In kindergarten music class, I remember my teacher running an experiment with us.  She had us sit in silence for a full minute. No talking, no moving. Then immediately after she gave us another full minute where we could talk or be silly. Guess which minute seemed...

Let All Things Their Creator Bless

by | Jul 11, 2016 | Contemplative Life

“Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her.” Hosea 2:14 “The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you…” Deut. 31:8 I’ve never known the truth of those words more intimately than over the 5 days I...

Bono and Eugene Peterson on the Psalms

by | Apr 26, 2016 | Contemplative Life

I’m tempted to say that there is nothing more important that you could be doing with the next 20 minutes of your life than watching this 20 minute documentary of a conversation between Eugene Peterson and U2’s frontman Bono on the Psalms.  This is very...

A Song of Spring

by | Apr 12, 2016 | Contemplative Life, Creation, Liturgical Seasons

The coming of spring inspires line after line of verse, note after note of melody, and with very good reason. This year, winter seems reluctant to release its icy grip on the Washington Area and the Shenandoah Valley (which the Montgomery County Police have coped with...

There is a Balm in Gilead

by | Apr 4, 2016 | For the World

In anticipation of the Corhaven Graveyard’s Dedication on April 30th, and in commemoration of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968, I wanted to share this beautiful traditional African American spiritual with our audiences.  Listen, for...

Blizzard Preparations and a Celtic Lent

by | Jan 22, 2016 | Liturgical Seasons

With the storm coming, it’s natural to think about seasonal preparation.  The news is crowded with images of hardware stores sold out of shovels and salt, and empty grocery store shelves where milk and bread used to be. No one wants to be caught in a storm unprepared....

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