by Scott Buresh | Jul 14, 2025 | Contemplative Life
For three years, a band of women along with 12 men had the opportunity to literally walk with Jesus unhurried. They traveled by foot from village to village at a pace conducive to rich conversation as they took in the beauty of the surrounding countryside. We are...
by Scott Buresh | Jul 1, 2025 | Contemplative Life
“Trinity Sunday” By Malcolm Guite In the Beginning, not in time or space, But in the quick before both space and time, In Life, in Love, in co-inherent Grace, In three in one and one in three, in rhyme, In music, in the whole creation story, In His own...
by Scott Buresh | Jun 13, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Scott Buresh (Coracle Community Minister) guides us into a time of reflecting on and hopefully experiencing the unique joy and peace that comes through a secure relationship with Jesus. Weaving together the latest...
by Scott Buresh | May 27, 2025 | Contemplative Life
“Love” by George Herbert LOVE bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back, Guilty of dust and sin. But quick-eyed Love, observing me grow slack From my first entrance in, Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning If I lack’d anything. ‘A guest,’ I answer’d,...
by Scott Buresh | May 14, 2025 | Contemplative Life
“The Peace of Wild Things” By Wendell Berry When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water,...
by Scott Buresh | Apr 15, 2025 | Contemplative Life
“Now stay focused on Jesus, who designed and perfected our faith. He endured the cross and ignored the shame of that death because He focused on the joy that was set before Him; and now He is seated beside God on the throne, a place of honor.” (Heb. 12:2)...
by Scott Buresh | Mar 26, 2025 | Contemplative Life
What a fitting and timely question. I was first confronted with this question in 2019 during retreat #6 of the Coracle Fellowship. The implications of this question for me were raw and profound as I was still grieving the loss of my wife to glioblastoma, a highly...
by Scott Buresh | Mar 6, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Scott Buresh (Coracle Community Minister) guides us into time of prayerful re-attunement, such that we can sense and appreciate God’s constant, loving presence with us. Weaving together different spiritual...
by Scott Buresh | Feb 26, 2025 | Contemplative Life
Over the past two weeks I have found solace and strength from Bill Haley’s encouragement to go deeper in Jesus when the seas get rougher and Ken Wettig’s exhortation to be mindful of who’s speaking to my heart. Dallas Willard said it is our hearts that most define...
by Scott Buresh | Feb 5, 2025 | Contemplative Life
I was raised with Midwestern sensibilities by native Iowans who delighted in the richness of extended family and deep connections to the land. We moved to Baltimore when I was seven and our orientation remained toward family and my grandfather’s farm. Consequently,...
by Scott Buresh | Jan 14, 2025 | Contemplative Life
Several years ago a trusted friend, Tracey Meeks, recommended that I take advantage of the quiet between Christmas and New Years (and also extending into early January) to recall how God had met me that year as a way to attune to what He was inviting me into with Him...
by Scott Buresh | Dec 10, 2024 | Liturgical Seasons
I find rest in the restorative flow of God’s created rhythms; the cyclical repetition of days, months, and seasons; and the rhythms of birth, growth, and aging that mark our lives. I also cherish recurring anniversaries and designated days of remembrance and...
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...
