by Coracle | Apr 7, 2021 | Coracle News
We are thrilled to be able to offer a number of really wonderful opportunities for formation, creation, and service in and from the Shenandoah Valley over the coming months! Some of these offerings will be in-person at Corhaven, and others will be offered online and...
by Bill Haley | Apr 7, 2021 | Coracle News
Happy Bright Week friends! This is the week when we continue to bask in the joy of the Resurrection, and there’s much to be joyful about, even as we carry the burdens of our days. There’s much to tell you about, many good things, and if you read between the lines of...
by Coracle | Apr 5, 2021 | Coracle News
At the end of 2020, our Executive Director, Bill Haley, had hit a wall. He was trying to write out the “Essence” of Coracle, but the task was eluding him. Then, in a spark of inspiration, he stepped back and widened his perspective. He instead asked,...
by Sarah Kohrs | Apr 5, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Sarah Kohrs (Director of Corhaven Graveyard) guides us through an immersive virtual tour of the Graveyard, a historic burial ground for two dozen formerly enslaved persons. She uses scripture, nature, and silence to help...
by Bill Haley | Mar 30, 2021 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
Matthew 26:36-46 Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go over there and pray.” And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled. Then he said to them, “My...
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 Drew Masterson | Mar 29, 2021 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Simple Soundings,” Drew Masterson (Coracle Dir. of Comms & Development) offers a slow, prayerful reading of a classic of English Christian Poetry, “The Dream of the Rood.” The poem itself is an extended reflection on the...
by Danny Nasry | Mar 26, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Danny Nasry (Coracle Community Minister) guides us through an opportunity to connect with our inherent human weakness as an invitation to worship and prayer. He interacts with some well-known passages from scripture and...
by Drew Masterson | Mar 22, 2021 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
Perhaps it will be strange to hear that someone responsible for an organization’s communications might choose to give up words for Lent, but here we are. And while I cannot claim to have walled off every stream of words in my life, I have made a concerted effort to...
by Mary Gardner | Mar 22, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Rev. Mary Gardner guides us through a contemplative encounter with artistic depictions of prayer, paired with helpful prompts to spark our own prayer. We hope it will be a blessing to you as you pray with your mind,...
by Karla Petty | Mar 15, 2021 | Justice and Mercy
In this Lenten season, we look soberly at our past and present in preparation for Resurrection Sunday, for the reason we have true hope in the midst of this beautiful and broken world. Through this year’s “Toward the Beloved Community Initiative,” the Coracle...
by Drew Masterson | Mar 11, 2021 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God” devotional, Drew Masterson (Coracle Dir. of Comms & Development) guides us through the ancient Old English poem “The Dream of the Rood.” This anonymous poem dates back to the 8th Century and tells the story of the...
by Karla Petty | Mar 9, 2021 | Peacemaking
What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. James 4:1-2 Surely the arm of the Lord is not too...
by Bill Haley | Mar 8, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In the first “Space for God: BIBLE,” Rev. Bill Haley (Coracle Executive Director) opens up the story of Jesus’ first resurrected appearances as recorded in John 20. Ultimately, he invites us to a powerful and counter-cultural vision for the Christian...
by Danny Nasry | Mar 2, 2021 | Contemplative Life, Justice and Mercy
Although the liturgical season of Lent began two weeks ago, many of us were unable to come together with our church communities to receive ashes on our foreheads. And yet, many of us may feel as though we’ve had ashes on our foreheads for many months already. Some...
by Sarah Kohrs | Mar 1, 2021 | Justice and Mercy
On Sunday, Feb 8th, Sarah Kohrs, Director of the Corhaven Graveyard, offered a rich and moving lecture on the role of water in the burial practices of enslaved peoples as part of the “Seven Bends Lecture Series” for the Friends of the North Fork. You can...
by Bill Haley | Feb 25, 2021 | Contemplative Life
The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty…they are soon gone, and we fly away. Psalm 90.10 “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” 1 Cor. 15.55 On December 28, 1872 in Arizona’s Salt River Canyon, US Major...
by Barbara Ryan | Feb 25, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” Devotional, Barbara Ryan (Coracle Associate) guides us through a reflection on how and why we struggle to see ourselves and others as God sees us– as God’s Image Bearers. She draws upon Scripture, CS Lewis, and her own poetry...
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 Mary Gardner | Feb 22, 2021 | Contemplative Life
Nearly two years ago my husband and I visited the Boca Raton Museum of Art on our travels through Florida. There I encountered a deeply moving, profound, disturbing, and yet in some ways prophetic piece of art. A model of a life-size work, this piece by artist...
