by Jeff Lindeman | Sep 19, 2023 | Coracle News
It is my favorite moment in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire. The American sprinter Jackson Sholz hands Eric Liddell, the UK runner, a handwritten note just before Liddell’s 400 meter race. The note begins, “It says in the Old Book…”. I encourage you to watch the scene...
by Chris Lugo | Sep 14, 2023 | Coracle News
Applications for the Coracle Fellowship 2024 in- person and online are now open! A few weeks ago I wrote about the opportunity for flourishing through our Fellowship Program here at Coracle. I spoke of the beauty that this program provides and how you or someone you...
by Bill Haley | Sep 6, 2023 | Coracle News
Dear Friends on the Journey, Fellow Pilgrims, I couldn’t be more excited coming into this fall. Yes, I’m excited by what is coming up for you and all of us through Coracle’s offerings (more on that below), but more deeply it’s because of the palpable sense that the...
by Jeff Lindeman | Jul 26, 2023 | Coracle News
As we enter the third week of Coracle’s mid-year campaign, I want to thank everyone who has supported Coracle through your prayers and with your financial gifts! Both of these are instrumental in sustaining Coracle as we together pursue the mission of Spiritual...
by Jeff Lindeman | Jul 21, 2023 | Coracle News
Grateful. Expectant. Excited. These words characterize the atmosphere throughout Coracle as we’ve reached the midway point of 2023. We feel like a team, well led and well prepared by the Lord for what is next. I’m eager to tell you a bit more about that. Grateful. We...
by Jeff Lindeman | Jun 15, 2023 | Coracle News
Dear Friends, Coracle, as you know, announced The Next Journey towards the end of 2022, and I am excited today to share how God has been working to bring about our desire to more significantly incarnate our focus on Community, Mission, and Spaces! As we have sought...
by Jessica Clark | May 16, 2023 | Coracle News, For the World, Vocation
Are you looking for community or for ways to make space for reflection on God’s movement in your life? Consider joining us for The Deeper Journey! The Deeper Journey is a monthly, virtual gathering space for us to come together from wherever we are. We meet on the...
by Ken Wettig | Apr 18, 2023 | Coracle News
Without a few harrowing twists and turns, stories can quickly lose any sense of plot, on the other hand without an ultimate redemptive conclusion, it doesn’t much seem like a story at all. Over the last decade of life I have come to embrace a conviction, which I...
by Coracle | Apr 12, 2023 | Coracle News
Looking for updates on The Next Journey? Bookmark this space for future news! June 5, 2023: Exciting new updates for the Next Journey March 29, 2023: Coracle announces sabbatical for Bill Haley, Coracle executive director March 22, 2023: Updates at Corhaven...
by Jeff Lindeman | Mar 29, 2023 | Coracle News
Bill Haley, Coracle’s Executive Director, is going on sabbatical. This is a good and happy thing after 25+ years in ministry! We are delighted that the Coracle board saw the value of this for Bill at this time and that our staff are very supportive. From mid-April...
by Bill Haley | Mar 7, 2023 | Coracle News
Over the past several months you likely have heard us talking about “The Next Journey” for Coracle. The Next Journey, which came from our corporate discernment last summer, focuses on Community, Mission, and (initially) four Spaces. Thematically, The Next Journey...
by Scott Buresh | Feb 15, 2023 | Coracle News
The past year has been one of convergence and discovery for Coracle in Baltimore. In Spring 2022, as we were drawing to the close of our first Coracle Fellowship Program cohort in Baltimore, Wanda Bickers (Baltimore Administrator) and I (Community Minister for...
by Coracle | Jan 17, 2023 | Coracle News
On January 11, 2023, Rev. Bill Haley offered the fruit of Coracle’s 2022 Corporate Discernment Process— The Next Journey— and unpacked how the story of Jesus feeding the 5000 undergirds this new clarity and direction for Coracle’s mission. We hope you...
by Coracle | Dec 20, 2022 | Contemplative Life, Coracle News
We are thrilled to introduce you to “For the Journey,” our new weekly podcast offering formation and inspiration to followers of Jesus longing for more of God, in their own lives and in the world around them. Every week, you’ll be hearing from pastors, spiritual...
by Bill Haley | Dec 12, 2022 | Coracle News
Dear Friends and Fellow Pilgrims,At this year’s end, I’m truly excited to write to you again with a bit about where Coracle’s been this year, and more so where we are going. I hope you’ll join with us, whether you live in the Washington DC area, in Baltimore, in the...
by Bill Haley | Aug 20, 2022 | Contemplative Life, Coracle News
On this, the 100th “Space for God” reflection, Rev. Bill Haley celebrates the tremendous gift these Tuesday morning gatherings have been over the past 2 years, and then, he guides us into a time of encounter with God through the presence of other people. ...
by Drew Masterson | Jun 7, 2022 | Contemplative Life, Coracle News
As we have pursued our two major series this year– “Discernment: Hearing God in a Noisy World” and “Doubt, Deconstruction & Redemption”– we have come to recognize a significant overlap at the core of what each is pursuing. At root, both series are seeking to help...
by Bill Haley | Jan 25, 2022 | Coracle News
This reflection marks the official launch of our 2022 “Doubt, Deconstruction & Redemption” Series. We have always sought to offer care, companionship, and resources to those wrestling with their faith. Now that “deconstruction” has become something...
by Bill Haley | Jan 5, 2022 | Coracle News
Happy New Year, everybody! Regarding this Year of our Lord 2022, I’m excited, intimidated, expectant, and sober. I’m sober because the significant shifts and challenges that we’ve experienced in the past few years will persist and likely intensify. I’m excited by...
by Coracle | Dec 15, 2021 | Coracle News
It has been another challenging, stretching, and exciting year for all of us, and for Coracle too. The Lord has been faithful, and we are in awe as we look back on the places of new creativity and growth into which he has led us that we couldn’t have predicted...
