by Coracle | Aug 24, 2021 | For the World
We are all grieving the ongoing unrest and devastation affecting Afghanistan and Haiti. Moments like these remind us that the world is broken. And even so, there are many rallying to be the healing, redeeming presence of God in those very places of brokenness. If...
by Coracle | May 18, 2021 | For the World, Peacemaking
Like many of you, we are deeply grieved by the violence and unrest which continues to ripple through the Holy Land. We have long had a heart for and worked for peace in that region, leading 3 peacemaking pilgrimages to Israel/Palestine with Telos Group through the...
by Coracle | Mar 29, 2021 | For the World, Peacemaking
Coracle · Becoming Reconcilers: Lessons from a Civil War In this Soundings Seminar, Rev. Bill Haley (Coracle Executive Director) interviews Vesna Tift, a survivor of the Yugoslav Civil War, to learn from her experience of working as a reconciler between estranged...
by Karla Petty | Feb 23, 2021 | For the World
We’re excited to give an update that draws together several parts of Coracle’s world: Pilgrimage, Community, and Kingdom Action! In October of 2019, we traveled to Guatemala. Helping Christian communities intentionally and incarnationally engage the world’s wounded...
by Coracle | Nov 2, 2020 | For the World
As COVID-19 continues to menace countries across the globe, we remember our ministry partners working to build the church in Nepal. The Nepalese economy (which relies heavily on tourism and remittances) and healthcare system (with approx. 1,000 intensive care beds...
by Coracle | Oct 14, 2020 | For the World, Justice and Mercy
On October 8, long-time Coracle friend Sami DiPasquale of Abara Borderland Connections joined Bill Haley for a Soundings Seminar to discuss the intersection of US Immigration policy and the teachings of the Christian faith. Sami shared stories from his decades of...
by Coracle | Aug 5, 2020 | For the World
The coronavirus pandemic continues to cause major disruptions across the globe, and today we want to ask you to remember our brothers and sisters in Christ living in Nepal– one of Coracle’s core mission partners– where the pandemic has generated a saddening...
by Coracle | May 24, 2020 | For the World
On May 21, 2020 we had the privilege of hosting our international mission partner in Guatemala, Nate Bacon (with InnerChange Central America), for a Soundings Seminar where he could offer us a window into how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting marginalized...
by Coracle | May 4, 2020 | For the World
At the end of April, the Anglican Dean of Nepal wrote this letter to the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), apprising them of the dire situation facing the church in Nepal during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The country is facing massive unemployment and...
by Coracle | Apr 13, 2020 | For the World, Pilgrimage
Below is a letter written by the pastor of one of our church partners in Nepal. Peace, Grace, and warmest loving greetings in God’s most precious Son, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, from the Himalayan Mountains of Nepal. These days, as people are worrying...
by Coracle | Mar 30, 2020 | For the World
From Nate Bacon, one of our Missions Partners with Innerchange in Guatemala: “If you and/or friends would like to help with an immediate need, we are trying to get grocery gift cards to the families Fito and Nanci are working with in the garbage dump of...
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 Karla Petty | Feb 4, 2020 | Church Unity, For the World, Peacemaking, Pilgrimage
Bill and I would like to invite you all to come with us and Coracle to Bethlehem in Palestine for the Christ at the Checkpoint Conference, held June 5-9 this year. This conference is offered every other year by a broad coalition of evangelical Palestinian Christians...
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 Coracle | Jan 6, 2020 | Church Unity, Contemplative Life, For the World, Justice and Mercy, Liturgical Seasons, Pilgrimage
A Christmas Letter from Nate Bacon of InnerCHANGE, our partner ministry in Guatemala. Dear Family and Friends, Christmas as a time of giving is a beautiful thing! Sadly, our consumerist society has warped that wonderful ideal, into a bit of a buying frenzy which can...
by Bill Haley | Nov 8, 2019 | Church Unity, For the World, Justice and Mercy, Pilgrimage
Coracle’s first pilgrimage to understand immigration issues and the forces that are driving tens of thousands of people northwards from Central America is now done. We flew from Washington DC to Guatemala, and then on through Mexico to Juarez and then El Paso,...
by Coracle | Nov 7, 2019 | For the World, Justice and Mercy
A version of this handout was distributed during Coracle’s Nov. 6th Soundings Seminar “Central America and the Border: A Christian Response” at Restoration Anglican. If you are looking for practical steps you can take to become better informed about...
by Karla Petty | Nov 5, 2019 | Church Unity, For the World, Pilgrimage
In late September of 2018, I began a journey that started in Rome and ended in Kathmandu. In Italy, my purpose was witnessing my older brother’s ordination into the diaconate of the Roman Catholic Church. In Nepal, it was to witness God’s church at work in the...
by Kelly Gould | Oct 31, 2019 | For the World, Justice and Mercy, Pilgrimage
On October 20th, 2019, Coracle sent a team of 12 people on a 10-day pilgrimage, to “take a journey with God, to meet God, together.” We traveled south to Guatemala for several days, then north via Mexico to the border cities of El Paso, TX and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico....
by Mary Gardner | Oct 21, 2019 | For the World, Pilgrimage
One of our Spiritual Directors, Mary Gardner, has developed a Prayer Guide for those who would like to pray for the team of 12 who departed on Oct. 20th for nine days in Guatemala and at the US-Mexico border. We encourage you to download a copy and use it to hold our...
