by Coracle | Nov 15, 2023 | For the World, Justice and Mercy, Peacemaking
During this “Second Wednesday” gathering in Northern Virginia, we were joined by David Katibah of Telos Group. Telos exists to form communities of American peacemakers across lines of difference and equip them to help reconcile seemingly intractable...
by Chris Lugo | Oct 24, 2023 | For the World
When I was talking with my good friend David Katibah about speaking at Coracle back in September, I never envisioned how timely it would be, and how I would need David’s wisdom and words to heal my grieving heart. David is the Director of Communications and Christian...
by Coracle | Oct 15, 2023 | Church Unity, Contemplative Life, For the World, Justice and Mercy, Peacemaking, Vocation
Soundings Seminars are deeper conversations around particular topics that are impactful for our own personal journeys of faith, the larger church, and our lives in the world. Through the years, they have been hosted in person and online, and they are all available in...
by Kristy Wallace Grant | Oct 13, 2023 | For the World
From September 15th to October 15th, we celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month; however, this designation does not give us the license to ONLY celebrate Hispanic Heritage during this one month of the year. As brothers and sisters in Christ, we should be...
by Kristy Wallace Grant | Aug 16, 2023 | For the World, Justice and Mercy
“I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly,...
by Jeff Lindeman | Jun 21, 2023 | For the World, Justice and Mercy
“Free Books for Summer Reading” That’s what the sign said. Along with the books were water bottles and Oreo cookies provided on the tables. If you came to our Coracle – Arlington ministry space at 8:30 AM just a week or so ago you would have seen kids with...
by Kristy Wallace Grant | Jun 13, 2023 | For the World, Justice and Mercy
“Eat it with bread made without yeast. For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast, as when you escaped from Egypt in such a hurry. Eat this bread – the bread of suffering – so that as long as you live you will remember the day you departed from...
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 Coracle | Mar 11, 2023 | For the World
In this “Soundings Seminar” conversation, Ken Wettig (Coracle Community Minister) speaks with Anita and Yosiah, missionaries who live and serve in a slum community in Jakarta, Indonesia. They help to run a preschool and after-school program for...
by Danny Nasry | Aug 16, 2022 | For the World, Justice and Mercy
Over the course of the last 8 Wednesdays, a group of some 50 pilgrims and I have journeyed together through the award-winning book Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation As an Exercise in Hope by an Anglican priest, the Rev. Dr. Esau McCaulley. ...
by Bill Haley | Jun 29, 2022 | For the World
For good reason there’s been a lot of coverage in all forms of media of last week’s Supreme Court Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Among the many things I’ve read, I found this summary of an editorial in the Vatican...
by Ken Wettig | Jun 3, 2022 | Creation, For the World
What is a more important Kingdom Action priority, gun violence prevention, creation care, or racial justice? What often gets our attention is whatever is trending on the news cycle. I am no exception. Two trips to Canada within the last year highlight this tension....
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...
