by Scott Buresh | Oct 30, 2024 | Contemplative Life
I’ll never forget meeting with Bill Haley, my spiritual director, a few weeks after my wife’s funeral eleven years ago. My adult daughters stayed with me through the Christmas holiday and then I went on a personal retreat to a friend’s farm in Western Maryland. In...
by Scott Buresh | Sep 24, 2024 | Contemplative Life
Eight years ago I was given the precious gift of roaming the British countryside for three weeks with my 3 adult daughters and my son-in-law. We wandered trails through the Cotswolds, the Malvern Hills, and the Lake District, each beautiful In their own distinctive...
by Scott Buresh | Sep 3, 2024 | Contemplative Life, Spiritual Direction
I’ve long been drawn by the Celtic Christians’ awareness of thin places, moments or spaces where the veil between heaven and earth becomes more transparent. Over the past 9 years I have personally experienced the sacredness of Iona and Holy Island/Lindisfarne in...
by Scott Buresh | Aug 29, 2024 | Contemplative Life, Pilgrimage
In this “Space for God” devotional, Dr. Scott Buresh (Coracle Community Minister) draws together insights on life’s “Thresholds” from John O’Donohue with images and insights from a recent pilgrimage in the UK. As we enter the fall, we...
by Scott Buresh | Aug 14, 2024 | Pilgrimage
**Coracle is leading a Maryland Slavery Pilgrimage on September 7th & 8th (this event is full) and also a Racial History & Activism Pilgrimage in Arlington on October 19th. If you would like to learn more about future pilgrimages in Maryland and/or sign up...
by Scott Buresh | Jul 23, 2024 | Coracle News
The Coracle Fellowship in Baltimore starts its third cohort in person on Saturday, September 14th and we hope you can join us! This time, instead of taking 20 months for this powerful journey of spiritual formation and transformation, we’re doing it in 10 months. We...
by Scott Buresh | May 8, 2024 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty” Dr. Scott Buresh (Coracle Community Minister) guides us into an expansive and enticing vision of God’s kingdom of beauty, justice, and shalom—starting with our particular place and God-ordained tasks. He guides us...
by Scott Buresh | Mar 16, 2024 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God: Lent,” Scott Buresh (Coracle Community Minister) guides us into a time of lectio divina focused on Matthew 11:28-30, one of Jesus’ most powerful and hopeful sayings. Scott reveals how Christ’s invitation to “learn...
by Scott Buresh | Mar 6, 2024 | Contemplative Life
Do not hurry as you walk with grief It does not help the journey Walk slowly, pausing often Do not hurry as you walk with grief Be not disturbed by memories that come unbidden Swiftly forgive and let Unspoken words, unfinished conversations be resolved in your...
by Scott Buresh | Jan 30, 2024 | Contemplative Life
I find myself basking in a season of great richness. My heart is swelling with gratitude for how Jesus is choosing to be with me and inviting me to be with Him in diversity of contexts and settings. Whether I’m traveling with Jesus in the company of friends or...
by Scott Buresh | Nov 10, 2023 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Scott Buresh (Coracle Community Minister) guides us into the story of Hagar and Ishmael to prompt us to consider our own desires and how they are seen and honored by God. He closes the time with a moving reflection on a recently...
by Scott Buresh | Nov 9, 2023 | Contemplative Life
“We boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. And not only that, we also boast in our sufferings…” Romans 5:2-3“Consider it all joy whenever you face trials of any kind…” James 1:2I have long marveled at the sacrifices that were required of my grandparents’ and...
by Scott Buresh | Oct 23, 2023 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty” devotional, Scott Buresh (Coracle Community Minister) guides us in a visio divina exercise on Psalm 23 using “The Good Shepherd,” a painting by Henry Ossawa Tanner. He also offers us a short introduction to...
by Scott Buresh | Oct 17, 2023 | Pilgrimage
First the “What”, then the “Why”! After the pandemic, we are really glad to be getting pilgrimages with Coracle back up and running! We are planning these now for 2024 and would love for you to consider joining us for one of these transformation travel...
by Scott Buresh | May 9, 2023 | Contemplative Life, Spiritual Direction
We are desiring beings. We bear God’s image in longing for connection and beauty, for shalom/wholeness in its fullest sense; where God’s unfailing steadfast love is embraced and shared by all. Where justice in its purest sense of love being realized in all our...
by Scott Buresh | Apr 27, 2023 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty” devotional, Scott Buresh (Coracle Community Minister) guides us into an encounter with an artistic interpretation of Psalm 23 by African-American painter Henry Ossawa Tanner. Scott first offers space for imaginative prayer with both...
by Scott Buresh | Feb 15, 2023 | Coracle News
The past year has been one of convergence and discovery for Coracle in Baltimore. In Spring 2022, as we were drawing to the close of our first Coracle Fellowship Program cohort in Baltimore, Wanda Bickers (Baltimore Administrator) and I (Community Minister for...
by Scott Buresh | Feb 2, 2023 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God,” Scott Buresh (Coracle’s Community Minister to Baltimore) guides us through the practice of Immanuel Journaling, a process developed by Life Model Works, a team working to draw together the best of neuroscience and Christian spirituality....
by Scott Buresh | Jul 26, 2022 | Contemplative Life, Pilgrimage
Pilgrimage is a centuries-old gift that Coracle embraces and fosters. One of the gifts of ministering with Coracle is the freedom I have to partner with others in pursuing God in the company of others. In 2019 I experienced the richness of the Virginia Slavery...
by Scott Buresh | Mar 21, 2022 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
What little I know of sheep, other than that they are incredibly cute and wooly, is that they are not very bright and easily wander into trouble and danger. Thankfully, we also know God loves sheep, and He loves shepherds. Psalms 95:7 and 100:3 proclaim He is our...
