by Coracle | Jan 22, 2026 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Ann Bodling (Coracle Spiritual Director) guides us into a space praying through a liturgy based on the life of St. Brendan the Navigator. The prayer comes from the Northumbria Community, and it invites us to refresh and renew our...
by Margot Eyring | Jan 15, 2026 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty” devotional, Margot Eyring (Coracle Spiritual Direction Coordinator) invites us to consider the beauty of the new beginnings contained within every day and season. She guides us through some reflective prompts and then offers us space to...
by Bill Haley | Jan 10, 2026 | Contemplative Life, Creation
In this “Space for God: Beauty,” Rev. Bill Haley offers an Epiphany reflection on the power of light in nature to draw us toward God and to inspire us in our Christian lives to shine out into the dark places of the world. We hope you are blessed by the...
by Coracle | Dec 18, 2025 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God: Advent” devotional, Dr. Scott Buresh (Coracle Baltimore Minister) transports us back to before time began, when the Trinity dwelled together in love, planning and preparing for our creation and all it would cost. Drawing on...
by Coracle | Dec 11, 2025 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God: Advent” devotional, Jan Haugen (Docent, National Gallery of Art) guides us through a time observing and reflecting upon The Adoration of the Shepherds by Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo. She helps us appreciate the theological valence of the...
by Bill Haley | Dec 4, 2025 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God: Advent” devotional, Rev. Bill Haley offers a distinction between songs for Christmas and songs for Advent. He invites us to sit with the anticipatory yearning and musical beauty of six of the season’s most beautiful songs,...
by Amy Boucher Pye | Nov 28, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God,” Amy Boucher Pye (Author and Spiritual Director) guides us into a reflection on the distinctive style of contemplative prayer practiced by Julian of Norwich. She draws especially from Karen Dibbens-Wyatt, who has suffered for...
by Ken Wettig | Nov 26, 2025 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
Last Friday I, probably like you, heard the news story of 315 Nigerian children being abducted from their Catholic school by armed militants in want of ransom money. As I thought about this upcoming Advent themed article I had been planning, I felt myself growing...
by Bill Haley | Nov 24, 2025 | Contemplative Life
Some years ago, Rev. Bill Haley was invited to lead a retreat for Christ Church Austin on a topic of his choosing. Unsurprisingly, he chose to explore “Spiritual Formation for Kingdom Action,” and over the course of 5 keynote lectures, he cast an...
by Coracle | Nov 20, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty” devotional, Zoe Hansen (Spiritual Director and Retreat Facilitator) invites us to meditate on the concept and experience of joy as we approach the holiday season. She breathes life into C.S. Lewis’ somewhat heady...
by Coracle | Nov 13, 2025 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God: Advent” devotional, Wanda Bickers (Coracle Spiritual Director) helps us prepare for the Advent season by guiding us through a space visio divina focused on Rembrandt’s “Simeon in the Temple.” The painting draws us...
by Margot Eyring | Nov 6, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Margot Eyring (Coracle Spiritual Direction Coordinator) guides us into a reflection on the upcoming holiday season and the many pressures and expectations that tend to come with the season. She gives us space to process...
by Jessica Clark | Nov 5, 2025 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
A few weeks ago I was worshiping in chilly stone churches in England, seeing my breath in the air as I joined in the responses and prayers. Morning prayer always including the Song of Zechariah, and evening prayer the Song of Mary. These two prayers Luke records for...
by Bill Haley | Oct 30, 2025 | Contemplative Life, Pilgrimage
In this “Space for God: Beauty,” Rev. Bill Haley guides us through some photos from a recent trip he took to Spain. Starting with some reflections on Antoní Gaudí’s masterful basilica, La Sagrada Familia, Bill then takes us along El Camino de...
by Bill Haley | Oct 29, 2025 | Church Unity, Contemplative Life
Around noon on Thursday October 16, Coracle offered our monthly zoom discussion “Questions That Matter”. The question for that day was “How do you handle disillusionment as it relates to the church and certain Christian leaders?” Then, unexpectedly, a couple hours...
by Coracle | Oct 23, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Bethany Blankespoor (Pastor) guides us into the life and prayer practice of Saint Clare of Assisi. A contemporary of Saint Francis, St. Clare developed a unique way of praying through the life of Jesus, and Bethany...
by Coracle | Oct 17, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Anne Grizzle (Pastor & Spiritual Director) helps us consider what it would look like to live our whole lives aware of the presence of the almighty, living God inside us. She shares wisdom from wise men and women of the faith,...
by Coracle | Oct 10, 2025 | Contemplative Life, Creation
In this “Space for God: Beauty” devotional, Roena Clarke takes us with her to the rim of the Grand Canyon, a site of numerous deep encounters with God throughout her adult life. Through the story of Moses, she guides us into a time of honest reflection on...
by Coracle | Oct 8, 2025 | Contemplative Life
by Jeannie Rose Barksdale | Founder of Tangible & Spiritual Director “How can you tell a story about something ordinary that would be very interesting?” This was a friend’s honest question in response to my invitations—over summer months in the liturgical calendar...
by Coracle | Oct 6, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Debra Donnelly-Barton (Coracle Spiritual Director) guides us into a time of contemplative writing. Unlike other forms of devotional writing, contemplative writing is meant to be shared as a witness to God’s loving sovereignty and...
