by Mary Gardner | May 28, 2020 | Contemplative Life
Download a Free Visio Divina Resource Guide from Mary » Right now, many of us are struggling to pay attention. Psychologist Curt Thompson recently wrote about fatigue and irritability and offered suggestions that may help during this time – including contemplative...
by Tara Haley | May 27, 2020 | Creation, Justice and Mercy
“The name of our proper connection to the earth is ‘good work,’ for good work involves much giving of honor. It honors the source of its materials; it honors the place where it is done; it honors the art by which it is done; it honors the thing that...
by Coracle | May 24, 2020 | For the World
On May 21, 2020 we had the privilege of hosting our international mission partner in Guatemala, Nate Bacon (with InnerChange Central America), for a Soundings Seminar where he could offer us a window into how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting marginalized...
by Coracle | May 21, 2020 | Contemplative Life
Rick and Shannon Campanelli serve on the Advisory Board of Coracle and are dear friends who currently reside in Charlottesville. Rick writes, “Two years ago during Lent I felt led, in an unusually clear way, to listen to Jesus’ call to us, “Pray...
by Bill Haley | May 21, 2020 | Church Unity, Contemplative Life, Creation
This was originally delivered as a sermon at Washington Community Fellowship in the fall of 2010. In the season of autumn, we are often treated with stunning, breath-taking days of beauty. I cannot help but be reminded of the poem “God’s...
by Coracle | May 20, 2020 | Contemplative Life
Are you looking for ways to grow in your relationship with God during this pandemic season (or any season for that matter)? You are in the right place! We have “bundled” some of Coracle’s resources and offerings that deal with that question for you...
by Bill Haley | May 15, 2020 | Contemplative Life
Video Transcript Below: St. Paul offers this testimony. He bears this witness: “I have learned in whatever situation to be content. I know how to be brought low and how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and...
by Coracle | May 11, 2020 | Contemplative Life
May 7th, 2020– Coracle Associate, Barbara Ryan offered a Digital Soundings Seminar on “Handling the Grief of COVID-19 and Other Interruptions: When Life Hurts.” Below, you can listen to or watch the recording of the Seminar and get access to a number of...
by Barbara Ryan | May 11, 2020 | Contemplative Life
Originally written circa 1988 Job 3:24-26 For my sighing comes as bread, and my groanings are poured out like water. For the thing I fear comes upon me, And what I dread befalls me. I am not at ease, nor am I quiet; I have no rest, but trouble comes. “The thing I fear...
by Barbara Ryan | May 7, 2020 | Contemplative Life
Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! 2 O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! These verses could have been penned by Jonah from the belly of the whale, who took Jonah literally to great depths! But who has not...
by Drew Masterson | May 4, 2020 | Contemplative Life
It is absolutely clear that God has called you to a free life. Just make sure that you don’t use this freedom as an excuse to do whatever you want to do and destroy your freedom. Rather, use your freedom to serve one another in love; that’s how freedom grows. For...
by Coracle | May 4, 2020 | For the World
At the end of April, the Anglican Dean of Nepal wrote this letter to the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), apprising them of the dire situation facing the church in Nepal during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The country is facing massive unemployment and...
by Coracle | Apr 27, 2020 | Contemplative Life
On April 23, 2020, in the thick of the global health crisis sparked by the Coronavirus, Rev. Bill Haley delivered this Digital Soundings Seminar as a means of reframing the current cultural moment in light of the realities of the global and historic church. Please...
by Bill Haley | Apr 23, 2020 | Contemplative Life
The opportunity for a father and son to go fly fishing for a trout is always a good thing, but in this case, it was for so much more. My own dad had died not even five days before, in the season of COVID-19. While his death was not caused by this particular...
by Bill Haley | Apr 18, 2020 | Vocation
My dad, Charles William Haley, went home to glory (and to God and to Mom) on April 15. It was not COVID-19 related, and he passed peacefully and painlessly, with my brother and sister able to be with him for his final breath. On the night my dad died, my family...
by Ken Wettig | Apr 17, 2020 | Church Unity, Liturgical Seasons
“In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.” – Proverbs 16:9 We knew it was coming, but now that it has passed we can confirm it. This Easter was strange. What began suddenly as a strange season of Lent culminated in a...
by Bill Haley | Apr 16, 2020 | Contemplative Life
On April 16th, 2020, I had the opportunity to share 4 pillars of self-care for Christian leaders in a crisis with members of the Accord Network, an organization dedicated to unifying God’s people to serve the world’s poor with excellence. Please feel free...
by Coracle | Apr 13, 2020 | For the World, Pilgrimage
Below is a letter written by the pastor of one of our church partners in Nepal. Peace, Grace, and warmest loving greetings in God’s most precious Son, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, from the Himalayan Mountains of Nepal. These days, as people are worrying...
by Mary Gardner | Apr 13, 2020 | Contemplative Life
How might we, as Christians, be a visible presence to the communities where we live? Aside from checking on our neighbors, family, and friends, what might we do to share the love of Jesus with others? As followers of Jesus, we are people of HOPE! We have good news...
by Bill Haley | Apr 6, 2020 | Coracle News
Peace be with you, friends. One of my dear mentors, Gordon Cosby, would say, “In times of crisis, go deeper…” We are in a crisis, and I’m ready to go deeper and help you go deeper too. Last week I wrote to our staff and board, “I’m feeling energized by the...
