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Collections, Media, and Resources

Collections, Media, and Resources

Coracle offers a robust suite of resources for the journey.  Here you’ll find our Journal, Formation + Action Collections, Space for God archives, the Repentance Project, our podcast and YouTube channels, curated writings from Bill, and more! Collections, Media,...
Help us keep building the fire!

Help us keep building the fire!

Towards the end of 2025, we shared our vision for 2026: Building the Fire.  We want to bring more of the warmth and light of God’s love to more people. And, friends, we have so much to be grateful for!  From the ways God has met us to the ways you’ve supported...
Join the Coracle team!

Join the Coracle team!

We’re excited to share a few opportunities to join the Coracle team! Bookkeeper / Accounts Manager This contracted position is a member of the financial oversight team that includes the Executive Director and the Board Treasurer. The Bookkeeper/Accounts Manager...
Three invitations from Bill

Three invitations from Bill

Hey friends, fellow pilgrims, fellow travelers on the Way, fellow questers, fellow God-lovers…I’m excited to invite you to a few special gatherings in June.  Wherever you might be, there is a space for you to join us, either in person or online! You know that we’ve...
A Letter from Scott

A Letter from Scott

Dear friends of Coracle and fellow pilgrims, I am so excited to share with you an invitation and a significant update in the life of Coracle Baltimore. Below I share about our journey in Baltimore and what we have discerned and what we see on the horizon! On Thursday,...

How to Listen Well to Others, God, and Yourself

Friends, I’m really excited for our upcoming retreat and workshop, Listening Well, on Saturday, January 24, from 8:30am to noon at the Coracle Center (register here). During our time we will be guided by three wise women–spiritual directors, friends, and members of...
Our vision is clear for 2026… Building the Fire

Our vision is clear for 2026… Building the Fire

Friends, as I mentioned last week, we’re delighted to offer our vision for 2026– “Building the Fire”. I’m tempted to write a lot here, but we say it all in the document so I won’t steal its thunder and instead would genuinely and sincerely ask you to...
A Personal Letter from Me… 2025

A Personal Letter from Me… 2025

Dear friends and fellow-pilgrims, Around this time last year I wrote to you that 2025 looked like it was going to be challenging and full of uncertainty. Halfway through the year, I wrote to you that the world seemed to be getting darker by the day. Well…all of that...
An Invitation to Care for Corhaven

An Invitation to Care for Corhaven

Peace. Refuge. Safety. Sanctuary. Sacred. Rest. Beauty. Presence. Welcome. Hospitality. Bounty. Love. These are some of the words we hear most often from visitors to Corhaven. Since 2009, we have welcomed thousands to this place of “rest for the heart.”...
What’s next for Coracle? Join us on Saturday!

What’s next for Coracle? Join us on Saturday!

Dear friends, still basking in the glow of Pentecost, I offer you this from Wilfrid Stinissen: “The Spirit is not content with burning only in the center of your being.  He longs to illumine and inflame your whole being so that you not only have a fire within you, but...
In Memoriam: Desiree Barker

In Memoriam: Desiree Barker

We are sad to share the news of the passing of Desiree Barker, one of Coracle’s early spiritual directors, on May 30 in Hoover, Alabama. Desiree was a beautiful and compassionate soul who deeply cared for others and accompanied many others on their deeper spiritual...
Let’s Burn Brighter!

Let’s Burn Brighter!

Sometimes called “the most influential pastor you’ve never heard of”, Gordon Cosby was one of my mentors. (Oh, what undeserved, mysterious Grace!) In retrospect, Gordon ranks high on the list of human beings who have not just taught me, but formed me. (How could I...
Resilience, Response, & Rest

Resilience, Response, & Rest

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...
A mission envisioned, a mission realized

A mission envisioned, a mission realized

As we’ve been sharing over the past number of weeks, we are praising God for the ways He has been working in and around Coracle! In 2022, we went through a 40 day process of corporate discernment and were given a clear vision: to form “A community…with a mission of 1)...