by Bill Haley | Oct 21, 2024 | Contemplative Life
It is autumn, my favorite season. The beauty of it, for those with eyes to see, threatens to undo us. This is the sentiment of Edna St. Vincent Millay in her poem, in autumn, ‘God’s World’: O world, I cannot hold thee close enough! Thy winds, thy wide grey skies! ...
by Bill Haley | Oct 18, 2024 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: BIBLE” devotional, Rev. Bill Haley (Coracle Executive Director) guides us through Paul’s impassioned, free-wheeling defense of his apostolic authority in 2 Corinthians 11-12. Specifically, he highlights the deep insight Paul is granted...
by Ken Wettig | Oct 16, 2024 | Contemplative Life
“To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything.” – Timothy Keller Never has the word...
by Kristy Wallace Grant | Oct 4, 2024 | Pilgrimage
One by one, each pilgrim arrived. Before boarding the bus to embark on MD Slavery Pilgrimage, we took a moment to circle up for introductions. Looking at the faces around the circle, our eyes said some of us were still waking up, but our spirits were fully awake...
by Coracle | Oct 3, 2024 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Laura Merricks (Spiritual Director) guides us into a time of visio and lectio divina focused on the famous icon by Andrei Rublev commonly called “The Trinity.” She helps us consider the far-ranging...
by Bill Haley | Oct 2, 2024 | Contemplative Life, Vocation
I’m grateful for this Saturday’s retreat on the Eucharist. You’re welcome to join. Of the12 retreats we do over the course of our Coracle Fellowship year, a full one of those is on Communion. Of all the topics we could choose in the realm of spiritual formation and...
by Coracle | Sep 27, 2024 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Ann Bodling (Coracle Spiritual Director) guides us through a series of contemplative prompts drawn from a Celtic Daily Prayer book. We are invited to bring our full selves—our senses, our hopes, our plans, and our stories—to...
by Scott Buresh | Sep 24, 2024 | Contemplative Life
Eight years ago I was given the precious gift of roaming the British countryside for three weeks with my 3 adult daughters and my son-in-law. We wandered trails through the Cotswolds, the Malvern Hills, and the Lake District, each beautiful In their own distinctive...
by Coracle | Sep 21, 2024 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty” devotional, Jan Haugen (National Gallery of Art Docent) guides us into an encounter with Bartolome Esteban Murillo’s The Return of the Prodigal Son. She draws on Murillo’s story, historical context, and technique to...
by Ken Wettig | Sep 18, 2024 | Contemplative Life
“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. – Matthew 11:28, The Message Imagine with me for a moment that you are the Son of God (stay with me), and you...
by Coracle | Sep 17, 2024 | Justice and Mercy
It’s a big election year! How might the Bible speak to and inform our vote? In this Soundings Seminar, Tremper Longman, a distinguished biblical scholar and prolific author, shares about his recent book, The Bible and the Ballot, and fields questions from the...
by Mary Gardner | Sep 13, 2024 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty,” Rev. Mary Amendolia Gardner (Coracle Spiritual Director) guides us into a time of spiritual reflection focused on a seemingly simple painting by Henry Ossawa Tanner. She invites us to notice, imagine, and consider how God...
by Bill Haley | Sep 11, 2024 | Contemplative Life
Late last year I felt led to try to stay closer to the Desert Fathers and Mothers, those Christians from around the southeastern Mediterranean basin in the 3rd and 4th centuries. Their desire for union with God and a God-ly life led them to great renunciations, much...
by Bill Haley | Sep 6, 2024 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Rev. Bill Haley (Coracle Executive Director) guides us into a reflection on Matthew 14 and the story of Jesus walking on the water. He draws our attention to Jesus’ 5 remarks during this episode, using them as...
by Bill Haley | Sep 6, 2024 | Justice and Mercy
Two steps forward, one step back. Three steps forward, two steps back. That’s how progress towards racial justice and healing in America can seem. So what does a follower of Jesus who longs for the Kingdom of God to come and for the Beloved Community to become real...
by Scott Buresh | Sep 3, 2024 | Contemplative Life, Spiritual Direction
I’ve long been drawn by the Celtic Christians’ awareness of thin places, moments or spaces where the veil between heaven and earth becomes more transparent. Over the past 9 years I have personally experienced the sacredness of Iona and Holy Island/Lindisfarne in...
by Scott Buresh | Aug 29, 2024 | Contemplative Life, Pilgrimage
In this “Space for God” devotional, Dr. Scott Buresh (Coracle Community Minister) draws together insights on life’s “Thresholds” from John O’Donohue with images and insights from a recent pilgrimage in the UK. As we enter the fall, we...
by Bill Haley | Aug 28, 2024 | For the World, Justice and Mercy
Jesus asked a man who’d been lame for 38 years a powerful question in John 5, “Do you want to be well?” Early this past June, we partnered with the Center for Formation, Justice, and Peace to humbly and soberly look at three assumptions that were present in the...
by Margot Eyring | Aug 23, 2024 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Margot Eyring (Coracle Spiritual Direction Coordinator) guides us through a time of locus divina. Flowing out of the practices of lectio and visio divina, locus divina enables us to appreciate the space we currently are...
by Ken Wettig | Aug 16, 2024 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Ken Wettig (Coracle Community Minister) invites us to consider the Biblical definition of rest and its central importance to abundant life with God. He guides us through a “life audit” so that we can see more...
