by Coracle | Aug 10, 2015 | Contemplative Life, Creation, For the World
This article was originally posted to First Things. John Murdoch is a great friend of Coracle, God, and the earth…find out more about him here. The Pope And The Plowman: The Rhetorical Rendezvous of Francis and Wendell Berry After you exit the interstate and...
by Bill Deiss | Jul 29, 2015 | For the World
Bill Deiss wears many hats including being a board member for Coracle, and the Executive Director for Anglican Relief and Development Fund. Below is a reflection written for ARDF about Transforming our world, and we thought it was also fitting for the Coracle...
by Bill Haley | Jul 12, 2015 | Contemplative Life, For the World, Justice and Mercy
Bill preaches on the essence of Coracle at Restoration Anglican Church in Arlington.
by Gabriel Dodd | May 16, 2015 | For the World, Justice and Mercy
I have been in several international cities where the car drivers are excessive with their honking, but none of them compare to the honking in Israel/Palestine. Here, honking means someone needs to go, honking also means someone needs to stop, someone is allowed to...
by Coracle | Apr 28, 2015 | For the World
By: Gabriel Dodd There is much to grieve over. As I found out about the Earthquake in Nepal, I immediately thought of a colleague of mine who is from Nepal, and who’s wife and family are still in Nepal. Today, I found out that his wife and father have survived,...
by Bill Haley | Apr 13, 2015 | For the World, Peacemaking
Five words and each one of them are critical. The motto of Coracle is “Spiritual Formation for Kingdom Action”. That is to say, the purpose of our becoming like Jesus is not simply for our own self-actualization. It’s got to move outward. Likewise, our efforts...
by Bill Haley | Feb 10, 2015 | For the World
Recently I had the opportunity to reflect on comparative world religions, Jesus, and my first trip around the world. I sought to answer the nagging question, “If I had grown up in, say, Iran, would I be a Muslim?” Confident that Jesus is true, the...
by Bill Haley | Dec 9, 2014 | For the World, Justice and Mercy
I’ve been waiting five years for this. On the property of Corhaven, there is a slave cemetery dating from the mid-1800s. While we’ve quietly and prayerfully tended it, it’s time to really honor our brothers and sisters who lay there. This is no small feat, and one...
by Bill Deiss | Aug 25, 2014 | For the World
Our call is to partner with the Anglican Church to support Christ-centered, long-term, sustainable development projects, mostly in the southern hemisphere. In addition, we provide relief funding through local churches when natural disasters disrupt lives and damage...
by Lucas Koach | Aug 22, 2014 | For the World
Recently I participated in discussions on how one in nine in the world lack clean water —the global unrest this creates and what the faith community is doing to respond. “For me,” said an Arizona senator, “these issues are no longer over there but right...
by Bill Haley | Jun 19, 2014 | For the World, Justice and Mercy
Exactly one year ago today I was in Israel and Palestine with The Telos Group. My full blogs about that can be found here. It could have been that exactly one year ago I visited the Tent of Nations, a stunning example of Christian faith, life, and what it means to...
by Bill Haley | May 19, 2014 | Contemplative Life, For the World
Recently I was able to preach on this topic at The Falls Church Anglican. The audio version (link provided in the PDF) is half the length of what I’ve written and attached here. It was for me an opportunity to get onto the page some ideas I’ve been...
by Coracle | Feb 7, 2014 | For the World, Justice and Mercy
It was with the Telos Group and Todd Deatherage that I went to the Holy Land this past summer. Their work continues to be the most inspiring I’ve encountered recently on this troublesome and critical complex situation in the Holy Land, Middle East, and our...
by Bill Haley | Nov 22, 2013 | For the World
On the flight home now, still in and over this amazing part of God’s good earth where so many of the people of this earth live. While I’m on my way back, Bill Deiss will head on to Kuching, Malaysia for several days with Archbishop Bolly to see some of the...
by Bill Haley | Nov 20, 2013 | For the World
Bill and I had long meetings today in Singapore at St. Andrew’s Cathedral. We had a very profitable time with the Archbishop of the Province of Southeast Asia (CPSEA), Bolly Lapok from Kuching, Malaysia, Keith X who convenes the Economic Empowerment Task Force for the...
by Bill Haley | Nov 19, 2013 | For the World
The 55-story high Marina Bay Hotel and Park, with a giant ‘boat’ on top connecting the three towers, complete with pool, casino, restaurants, spa, and more. And why this photo sums up Singapore is that when Bill Deiss left Singapore in 1984, there was no...
by Bill Haley | Nov 19, 2013 | For the World
“They tried to put me in solitary confinement but that is actually impossible as God is everywhere.” James Mawdsley What would you go to jail for in Burma? Burma itself, in the case of James Mawdsley. Mawdsley is a Brit who, in the late 1990s, got...
by Bill Haley | Nov 18, 2013 | For the World
After hearing virtually every Anglican Burmese talk about the Archbishop’s vision for the Province of the Church of Myanmar (CPM), “Thy Will Be Done,” we were excited to hear it from Archbishop Stephen Than Myint Oo himself. He did not disappoint, and we were...
by Bill Haley | Nov 18, 2013 | Church Unity, For the World
In a country of 70 million people, there are 2.4 million Burmese Christian brothers and sisters… and most of them are Baptists. This is only part of the legacy of one of the church’s missionary greats. Being here has brought back to mind the life and ministry...
by Bill Haley | Nov 16, 2013 | For the World
The first question to get clarity on upon arrival is “What do I call this place? Yangon or Rangoon? Myanmar or Burma?” It’s a complicated question, not without risk of having one’s political tendencies assumed depending on which one you use. At the risk of...