by Bill Haley | Jan 12, 2021 | Coracle News, Justice and Mercy, Peacemaking
As we emerge out from underneath 2020, we imagine you remember one of the most powerful experiences over the summer–– The Juneteenth Lament for racial injustice broadcast live from the Corhaven Graveyard. We want to tell you about some exciting developments for the...
by Drew Masterson | Jan 8, 2021 | Coracle News
It will come as no surprise that we are all shocked and grieved by what transpired at our Nation’s capital on Wednesday. The lawlessness and violence on display in a space of such symbolic significance for our country is difficult to process. Just as (if not...
by Bill Haley | Dec 7, 2020 | Coracle News
Dear Friends of Coracle, Right around this time every year, I write a letter to you listing some of the great things that have happened through Coracle in the year almost passed and offering a little look ahead into the next year, and usually that letter ends up being...
by Coracle | Nov 30, 2020 | Coracle News
At Coracle, we are committed to the idea that the work we put into cultivating a vibrant inner-relationship with God is never just for our own benefit; that relationship is always meant to flow outwards into the brokenness of the world around us as acts of generosity,...
by Drew Masterson | Nov 16, 2020 | Coracle News
The challenge is to wait well. Over the past nine months, we have grown familiar with (and probably quite tired of) longing, hoping, and anticipating a promised restoration of life, peace, and community that remains on the unreachable horizon. As we relinquish...
by Coracle | Sep 28, 2020 | Coracle News
by Krista Cocozello It is written, “in the beginning, God created.” (Gen. 1.1) It is the first thing we learn about Him. It is no wonder then that we, made in God’s image, also have the desire to create. Creative outlets look different for everyone. For some, it...
by Coracle | Sep 3, 2020 | Coracle News
This election cycle is already generating anxiety, fear, and increasing polarization across our country and in our churches. We want to respond with a call to faithfulness, confidence, and love rooted in our security in Jesus’ love for us. We hope you will...
by Bill Haley | Aug 27, 2020 | Coracle News
Friends, it’s already been an intense year– severe storms of a pandemic and America’s racial reckoning have kicked up and are not done yet. And here comes our election season, and this storm will be very intense for the next couple of months while the other two keep...
by Bill Haley | Apr 6, 2020 | Coracle News
Peace be with you, friends. One of my dear mentors, Gordon Cosby, would say, “In times of crisis, go deeper…” We are in a crisis, and I’m ready to go deeper and help you go deeper too. Last week I wrote to our staff and board, “I’m feeling energized by the...
by Karla Petty | Mar 10, 2020 | Coracle News
“You’re like a mirror, reflecting me Takes one to know one, So take it from me…” –from “Dust to Dust” by The Civil Wars We’re all increasingly familiar and inundated – in religious and secular contexts equally – with the vocabulary around...
by Karla Petty | Feb 21, 2020 | Coracle News, For the World
God has been blazing this trail for us long before we arrived in Guatemala for the first time in October of 2019. Our team of 12 people tread further onto a path already well-marked by God’s provision of friendships, connections, shared heart and vision, and...
by Bill Haley | Feb 11, 2020 | Coracle News
Alone, none of us will follow Jesus the way we most want to. And community forms us more deeply than most things. And small groups of Christians can do a lot more together for others. For all these reasons and more, I’m delighted to announce the formation of the...
by Karla Petty | Jan 22, 2020 | Coracle News, For the World, Pilgrimage
There are well-known slogans like “Explore More” or “Never Stop Exploring” with mass marketing appeal that reflect a well-documented trend towards exploration and travel as a modern-day virtue in American culture. More and more, people are leaving behind the comfort...
by Bill Haley | Jan 7, 2020 | Coracle News, Justice and Mercy
Happy New Year everyone! We just finished the Christmas season, and I’ll bet you heard those powerful words in “O Holy Night” more than once: “Truly He taught us to love one another, His law is love and His gospel is peace / Chains shall He break for the slave is our...
by Bill Haley | Dec 18, 2019 | Coracle News, Pilgrimage
Friends, there are some very exciting things coming up in 2020, and I really hope you’ll join in some of it. I can promise you adventure, God, heartache, joy, depth, wonder, and watching God do stuff in you, around you, and through you. Here are some highlights...
by Coracle | Oct 28, 2019 | Coracle News
On September 21st, 2019, about 125 old and new friends descended on Quicksburg, VA for the “Decade of Corhaven” celebration honoring ten years of God’s faithfulness to and through this special place and the Haley’s who have sought to steward it. Many came from hours...
by Coracle | Aug 14, 2019 | Coracle News
by Lori Smith “Jesus is here and He is loving you,” Bill said to me as I began my retreat out at Corhaven several years back. It was a message I couldn’t fully embrace yet. I knew God loved me, I’d known that for as long as I could remember. BUT … there had...
by Bill Haley | Jul 10, 2019 | Coracle News, For the World, Justice and Mercy
In October, Coracle is going to Guatemala and then on to the border between Texas and Mexico in El Paso and Juarez. On one level, this trip has been years in the making, on another level it is timely, if not a bit late. But it is the Holy Spirit’s time, of that I am...
by Bill Haley | Jun 18, 2019 | Coracle News
On August 15, 2009, in response to that gentle and clear invitation from God, Tara and I moved from the inner-city of DC to what would come be called Corhaven, meaning ‘rest for the heart’ and ‘a safe place for the soul’. Almost 10 years later, it’s been that thin...
by Bill Haley | Nov 29, 2018 | Contemplative Life, Coracle News
Well, friends, it’s been another remarkable year of watching God work through Coracle. What really fires me up is comments like these from folks we’ve walked with in the last year, just a sample of many… “My life, praise the Lord, will never be the same. “ “I can...
