by Coracle | Sep 21, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Ryan Bettwy (Anglican Priest) draws from James 1 to explore how our trials can serve as “kaleidoscopic crucibles of character” if we approach them from the mindset of faith. He helps us practice reframing the...
by Coracle | Sep 14, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty” devotional, Lori Smith (author and teacher) shares how she came to better appreciate the beauty of the Lord’s creation after taking up watercolor during a season of extended suffering from Lyme disease. She came to...
by Ken Wettig | Sep 7, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Ken Wettig (Coracle Community Minister to the Shenandoah Valley) shares the story of renowned theologian and peacemaker Alexander Papaderos. Ken invites us to let Papaderos’ story inspire us to recognize those...
by Bill Haley | Sep 7, 2021 | Contemplative Life
From 1508 to 1512, Michelangelo painted his masterpiece on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Scenes from the Old Testament stunned the first viewers of these frescoes with their detail, imaginative rendering, and flash of vibrant colors across the spectrum. And...
by Drew Masterson | Sep 3, 2021 | Contemplative Life
One of the best books I read last year was Dane Ortlund’s Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners & Sufferers. It was a thoughtful gift from a friend during a season of personal mourning, and as I was winding slowly through the story of God’s love...
by Bill Haley | Sep 2, 2021 | Contemplative Life
This is the transcript of a sermon delivered to the Kairos Community at The Falls Church Anglican on September 23rd, 2001. We’ll always remember where we were when we first heard the news. The World Trade Center was hit by an airplane. The other World Trade Center...
by Coracle | Aug 31, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Christie Bettwy (Executive Director of Rock Recovery) shares the ways we are all drawn towards different forms of idolatry that deform our desires and ultimately render our lives shallow. From her own struggles with an...
by Coracle | Aug 27, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: BIBLE” devotional, Marissa Salgado (Programs Director at Casa Chirilagua) opens up John 15 to us. She explores the deep truths contained in the image of Jesus as the vine and us as the branches, and guides us through a moving...
by Coracle | Aug 23, 2021 | Contemplative Life
Every Tuesday morning from 8:30-9 AM (ET), we offer “Space for God”– a time to meet with and be met by God through a guided time of reflection and prayer. Over the weeks, the archive of recordings from this rich time together has grown into a terrific...
by Coracle | Aug 23, 2021 | Contemplative Life
Every Tuesday morning from 8:30-9 AM (ET), we offer “Space for God”– a time to meet with and be met by God through a guided time of reflection and prayer. Over the weeks, the archive of recordings from this rich time together has grown into a terrific...
by Bill Haley | Aug 20, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Rev. Bill Haley (Coracle Executive Director) guides us through a time of experiencing God’s presence in a collection of sound recordings gathered from across the globe. From the beaches of Costa Rica, to the...
by Bill Haley | Aug 19, 2021 | Contemplative Life
“Emptying precedes filling.” Eugene Peterson My favorite living novelist is the Canadian Roman Catholic, Michael D. O’Brien. I’ve read most of his thirteen novels, and his Father Elijah remains one of the most formative works of fiction in my life. For all...
by Rick Mastroianni | Aug 13, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty” devotional, Rick Mastroianni (Coracle Spiritual Director) guides us through three poems as prompts for prayer and connection with God. We move from the soaring acclimation of creation and God’s law together in Psalm...
by Coracle | Aug 13, 2021 | Contemplative Life, Vocation
In this Soundings Seminar conversation, educators Carla Mueller, Abri Nelson May, and Squire Newsome talk with co-moderators Karla Petty (Coracle’s Dir. of Program Development) and Erica Adams (Redemptive Education’s Assistant Director) about the interplay...
by Scott Buresh | Aug 5, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Dr. Scott Buresh (Coracle’s Baltimore Community Minister) guides us through a short visio divina exercise using a painting of the Celtic Saint Brendan the Navigator. He also weaves in the biblical story of Jesus...
by Coracle | Jul 30, 2021 | Contemplative Life
“This conversation is such rich nourishment… spiritual fudge, beautiful!!” Online Viewer Gwen In this Soundings Seminar, Rev. Bill Haley (Executive Director of Coracle) talks with psychiatrist Dr. Curt Thompson about the role of beauty and desire in...
by Coracle | Jul 30, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Anne Grizzle (faculty, Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation) guides us through a time of listening intercession. Too often, we jump right into praying for what we think we should pray for without asking the Lord to...
by Coracle | Jul 22, 2021 | Contemplative Life, Justice and Mercy
In this “Space for God: BIBLE,” Steve Park (Founder and Executive Director of Little Lights) guides us through the arc of scripture related to God’s coming Kingdom of Justice and mutual flourishing. He offers us a rousing invitation to join...
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...
