by Bill Haley | Mar 27, 2025 | Contemplative Life
Friends, I care about you, about your well being, your peaceableness, your deeper life in God, and each of our invitations to Christ-likeness, especially in this national moment in America. How might what we’re all going through be an agent of our personal deepening...
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 Jeff Lindeman | Mar 21, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Jeff Lindeman guides us into three texts that have helped him cultivate resilience in times of turmoil or trial. He offers times of reflective silence to steep in the goodness, truth, and beauty of the Apostles Creed,...
by Ken Wettig | Mar 19, 2025 | Contemplative Life
“They were longing for a better country–a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God.” – Hebrews 11:16 “True evangelical faith, cannot lie dormant, it clothes the naked, it feeds the hungry, it comforts the sorrowful, it shelters the...
by Coracle | Mar 13, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty” devotional, Jan Haugen (Docent, National Gallery of Art) guides us through a time observing and reflecting upon Johannes Vermeer’s 1664 work, “Woman Holding a Balance.” By helping us understand the...
by Jessica Clark | Mar 12, 2025 | Contemplative Life
At a retreat over the weekend, I was struck anew by the gracious gifts of our Lord. During the teaching sessions, we were exploring the arc of God’s redemptive story, particularly highlighting His covenants with His people. Many of us have gone to church services...
by Bill Haley | Mar 8, 2025 | Contemplative Life, Coracle News
Dear friends, fellow pilgrims on the road, even when the road is uncertain and shifting…I don’t need to tell you it’s a challenging season in the United States with all the disruption, disorientation, fear and sadness that has been generated for so many. Living in...
by Coracle | Mar 7, 2025 | Contemplative Life
by Kathy R. Williamson Bruce | Coracle Baltimore Core Team Member My spiritual roots were first planted and nurtured in the Black church. My grandfather was a Baptist preacher who built the (literal) church building brick by brick alongside my dad who was a youngster...
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 Bill Haley | Mar 5, 2025 | Contemplative Life
Liturgical seasons can act as guideposts through the year and Lent is a particularly special one. It’s easy to get caught up in the “sackcloth and ashes” part of Lent, with all the self-denial and focus on our own sin. This is important to remember, but not to be...
by Coracle | Mar 3, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: BIBLE” devotional, Rev. Karen Curry guides us into a time contemplating the many ways God reveals himself to us. She walks us through various passages from Scripture, enabling us to wonder anew and give thanks for how God shows up...
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 Amy Boucher Pye | Feb 20, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty” devotional, Amy Boucher Pye (Author, Coracle Spiritual Director) guides us into a time of poetry and prayer. She introduces us to the poetry of Amy Scott Robinson, as well as the biblical poetic form of the refrain. Ultimately, she...
by Ken Wettig | Feb 19, 2025 | Contemplative Life
“I will lead you into solitude and there I will speak to your heart.” Hosea 2:14 Amidst the maelstrom of voices, what, or better yet who is speaking to your heart these days? It is a dangerous question to consider seriously, as it is not as though the only voice that...
by Coracle | Feb 18, 2025 | Contemplative Life
‘An inaugural cohort of Sustainable Faith’s School of Spiritual Direction will be offered in the Washington DC Metro Area beginning in May 2025. The 2-year certificate program is an immersive, integrated and robust training in the ministry of spiritual...
by Bill Haley | Feb 18, 2025 | Contemplative Life
“Grant us wisdom, grant us courage, For the facing of this hour, For the facing of this hour.” from God of Grace, and God of Glory, words by Harry Emerson Fosdick. Y’all, these are indeed ‘times that try men’s (and women’s) souls’. Underneath every raging sea...
by Margot Eyring | Feb 15, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty” devotional, Margot Eyring (Coracle Spiritual Direction Coordinator) guides us into the Legend of Saint Valentine and how it inspired her and her community to celebrate Valentine’s Day through the years. She encourages...
by Coracle | Feb 6, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Ann Bodling (Coracle Spiritual Director) guides us into a time of music, silence, and prayer. Drawing from Celtic Daily Prayer, she invites us to see the world anew, such that, even on the darkest days, we are able to...
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 Ken Wettig | Jan 29, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Ken Wettig (Coracle Community Minister) prompts us to reflect on the state of conversation in our digital age. Marking the observed increases in isolation, loneliness, and anti-social behavior across different age groups, Ken draws...
