by Danny Nasry | Jul 16, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Danny Nasry (Coracle Community Minister) guides us through Proverbs 8, the iconic depiction of “Lady Wisdom” and helps us step into God’s invitation to “unselfconscious delight,” or play. If...
by Karla Petty | Jul 13, 2021 | Contemplative Life
The idea of Sabbath is as old as Creation, when God took the seventh day to rest (Genesis 2:1-3). In Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 10, we find that everyone in the household, even little ones, observes the Sabbath. God’s call to regular rest even extended to the farm...
by Sarah Kohrs | Jul 8, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Sarah Kohrs (Dir. of Corhaven Graveyard) guides us through a meditation on finding beauty in brokenness. She draws upon the cross-cultural tradition of artfully binding broken pottery to draw us into God’s...
by Bill Haley | Jul 6, 2021 | Contemplative Life
Along with Common Good Things and the whole Coracle team, Tara and I are excited to invite you to a gorgeous time at Corhaven on Saturday, July 31st we’re calling “Enjoying God’s Gifts: A Taste of Sabbath.” We didn’t really plan it for this reason, but now it comes to...
by Danny Nasry | Jul 6, 2021 | Contemplative Life, Creation
I hope your summer thus far has been a gift, and full of the promise of more gifts just around the corner. Perhaps you have a little getaway coming up, or you just returned from a 4th of July celebration. Or maybe you’re enjoying simpler gifts, like the powerful...
by Coracle | Jul 2, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Dr. Ben Sammons guides us through a reflective reading of “Adventures in New Testament Greek: Nous” a poem by acclaimed poet and theologian Scott Cairns. The poem invites us into a spiritual exercise meant to...
by Coracle | Jun 25, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: BIBLE” devotional, Rev. Darryl Ford (Ikon Community Church) guides us through the too-often-forgotten first 9 verses of Proverbs 31. He shares how they offer the church a vision of leadership grounded in prudence, sobriety, and...
by Bill Haley | Jun 25, 2021 | Contemplative Life
A few summers ago while vacationing in the High Country of North Carolina, my family found ourselves at a gym devoted to rock climbing, with high-pitched walls and many multi-colored hand and foot holds molded and screwed to the walls in a variety of patterns. ...
by Coracle | Jun 22, 2021 | Contemplative Life
by PJ Whittington “I would rather die for Jesus Christ than rule the last reaches of the earth. My search is for Him who died for us; my love is for Him who rose for our salvation. The pangs of new birth are upon me. Forgive me, brethren. Do nothing to prevent...
by Sarah Kohrs | Jun 15, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Sarah Kohrs (Dir. of Corhaven Graveyard) guides us through the key themes of a spiritual pilgrimage, filtered through her family’s recent pilgrimage to Native American reservations in the Southwest United...
by Coracle | Jun 10, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Margot Eyring (Coracle Spiritual Direction Coordinator) guides us through a reflective exercise by which we can grow better attuned to the balance of beauty and burden in our lives. Ultimately, she helps us to see how...
by Coracle | Jun 8, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In May 2021, we were thrilled to help Kayla Allen and MaryJo Peak host “The Retreat at Swift Run Farm,” which started with a desire to create a beautiful experience around the table that would nourish women through storytelling and delicious food. After...
by Danny Nasry | Jun 7, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Danny Nasry (Coracle Community Minister) guides us through the “Litany of Humility” which has been prayed for centuries, and his own composition, a “Litany of Dignity,” written as a complement to...
by Bill Haley | May 27, 2021 | Contemplative Life
“…so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world” Philippians 2.15 Paul speaks of “a crooked and twisted generation.” I wonder,...
by Coracle | May 26, 2021 | Contemplative Life
The leader of the Anglican Church in Nepal recently sent out this letter to the Anglican Relief and Development Fund (for which Rev. Bill Haley is Chairman of the Board). You’ll see below both that the situation is very dire, and that God is at work in powerful...
by Coracle | May 25, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: BIBLE” devotional, Patty Prasada-Rao (Repentance Project Coordinator) leads us through 1 Peter 5:10 as a response to the so many of us have asked during this year of suffering, sickness, and (at too many points) violence:...
by Drew Masterson | May 25, 2021 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
The Disciples were in a rut. A week ago, they had been left on a hillside, stiff-necked and gawking into an empty sky after their Lord was taken up from among them to heaven. Before he left, Jesus had once again shattered all their paradigms. Following the...
by Bill Haley | May 19, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Rev. Bill Haley (Coracle Executive Director) guides us through a time of music, scripture, and silence oriented around St. Patrick’s famous “Breastplate Prayer.” Whatever burdens you happen to be...
by Danny Nasry | May 19, 2021 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Simple Soundings” Devotional, Danny Nasry (Coracle Community Minister) reflects on the account of Jesus’ Ascension into Heaven from the book of Acts. He highlights how disorienting this experience would have been for the disciples, who had...
by Barbara Ryan | May 13, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty” devotional, Barbara Ryan (Coracle Associate) reflects on the deep reality of how beauty interacts with brokenness. She helps us all encounter God’s infinite power and desire to redeem and transform brokenness into...
