by Coracle | Feb 18, 2015 | Contemplative Life
“Just As I Am” by Charlotte Elliot 1. Just as I am, without one plea, but that thy blood was shed for me, and that thou bidst me come to thee, O Lamb of God, I come, I come. 2. Just as I am, and waiting not to rid my soul of one dark blot, to thee whose...
by Bill Haley | Feb 16, 2015 | Contemplative Life
A few years ago at St. Brendan’s in the City, I gave this sermon which was the result of about 10 years of journey. It remains to feel like one of the most important sermons I’ve ever given, an attempt to wrestle into clear and simple words the goal and...
by Coracle | Feb 13, 2015 | Contemplative Life, Vocation
The Soundings Seminar #2 in Northern Virginia, led by Soren Johnson and Bill Haley, explores the breadth of the Gospel, and why the good news really is good news! Check out the audio below: DOWNLOAD THE SEMINAR HANDOUT »
by Chrissy Koach | Feb 7, 2015 | Contemplative Life
To me, abide is synonymous with comfort and peace. So many stresses surround us, and fear/anger are easy reactions for me… especially when I have an imbalance of coffee or sleep (or exercise or quiet …). And reactions can be lethal. Obey, respect, and accept are...
by Soren Johnson | Feb 4, 2015 | Contemplative Life
As a dad of young children, I sometimes think that my wife and I are workers at a muddy and chaotic construction site — setting (I hope) solid foundations. Every once in a while we emerge from behind the construction perimeter fence and go out on a rare date together,...
by Wade Ballou | Feb 2, 2015 | Contemplative Life, Coracle News
A common sentiment among those who retreat at Corhaven is how powerful it is simply to step back from the noise, and be still, and create space for God to enter in and speak, and even more than that, to encounter God’s love again. Simply stepping away from daily...
by Wade Ballou | Jan 29, 2015 | Contemplative Life
“Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.” – Rainer Maria Rilke, from Letters to a Young Poet One theme from the early years of my life is restlessness. I tend...
by Bill Haley | Jan 21, 2015 | Contemplative Life
I have a brother and two sisters. I love them all and wish you could meet them. There’s a good chance that one of them, my sister Ruth, is already known to you. A funny, glee-full thing happens to me at least several times a year. Someone will be talking to me...
by Bill Haley | Jan 15, 2015 | Contemplative Life
Hebrews 6.1 invites and beckons and woos and calls and commands us: “Let us go on to maturity.” The Greek word used here for mature comes from teleios, meaning complete, or perfect. It has the meaning of something that has lived into its design and purpose. The...
by Coracle | Jan 5, 2015 | Contemplative Life
Dear Jesus, help us to spread your presence everywhere we go. Flood our souls with your spirit and life. Penetrate and possess our whole being so utterly, that our lives may be only a radiance of yours. Shine through us, and be so in us, that every person we come in...
by Coracle | Dec 20, 2014 | Contemplative Life
by Mona Lindeman Mona is a dear friend of Coracle and active at The Falls Church Anglican. She gave this reflection recently to a women’s Bible Study. Consider Mary of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph the carpenter, the mother of Jesus our Savior. What do we think when...
by Soren Johnson | Dec 19, 2014 | Contemplative Life
This blog was originally posted by a Coracle board member, Soren Johnson. “What’s your favorite time of the year?” I asked my 7-year-old son the other day. Without a pause, he nearly shouted, “Christmas Eve.” Fellow dads, listen up. We can read our kids’ excitement in...
by Soren Johnson | Dec 11, 2014 | Contemplative Life
This blog was originally posted by a Coracle board member, Soren Johnson. Here is a bit of non-news: Americans today are decidedly overwhelmed, self-absorbed and hyper-social. We download apps to monitor our breathing, sleeping and our every move. We are...
by Wade Ballou | Nov 26, 2014 | Contemplative Life
“For the beauty of the skies … for the joy of human love …” The lines of this favorite hymn fill my heart this Thanksgiving and guide me into reflection–What am I thankful for? I am thankful for God’s blessings around me, and I know joy in being in Christ. I am...
by Bill Haley | Nov 15, 2014 | Contemplative Life
The following address was offered at the Opening Eucharist of the 2014 Synod of the Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic of the Anglican Church of North America, held in Woodbridge, VA on November 15, 2014. Coracle · Shine In The Darkness In Philippians 2.15, Paul speaks of “a...
by Coracle | Nov 10, 2014 | Contemplative Life
In case you did not catch this on the EWTN News Nightly, The Trinity House Cafe was featured for a couple of minutes, and we want to share it with you. Soren Johnson, a Coracle board member and friend is connected very closely and his wife, Ever, runs the ministry....
by Coracle | Oct 23, 2014 | Contemplative Life
Matthew 8:1-4 8 When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. 2 A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”3 Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he...
by Bill Haley | Oct 15, 2014 | Contemplative Life
It is the season of autumn, my favorite by far and we’ve had some stunning, breathtaking days of beauty, haven’t we? I cannot help but be reminded of the poem God’s World by Edna St. Vincent Millay: O world, I cannot hold thee close enough! Thy winds, thy...
by Coracle | Oct 13, 2014 | Contemplative Life
MARTYROLOGY AND ECCLESIOLOGY: A Perspective on Christian Unity by John Gardner (John participated in our “Catholics and Evangelicals Together” seminar and was kind enough to forward on his excellent piece on those themes. BH) In Ut Unum Sint, Pope (and now Saint)...
by Coracle | Oct 10, 2014 | Contemplative Life
Dear Board, I am grateful to God for what I sensed as His blessing on last night’s reflection with Bill on the ‘Evangelicals and Catholics Together’ theme. I found it to be an honest time of reflection (this included people expressing pain/disappointment at various...
