by Scott Buresh | Mar 6, 2024 | Contemplative Life
Do not hurry as you walk with grief It does not help the journey Walk slowly, pausing often Do not hurry as you walk with grief Be not disturbed by memories that come unbidden Swiftly forgive and let Unspoken words, unfinished conversations be resolved in your...
by Coracle | Mar 3, 2024 | Justice and Mercy
He has shown you, O man, what is good;And what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?Micah 6:8 NKJVLive Justly, Love, Mercy, Walk Humbly… These are three instructions we have received from our Lord about...
by Margot Eyring | Mar 2, 2024 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Margot Eyring (Coracle Spiritual Direction Coordinator) helps us reflect on our stories in such a way that we actively cultivate the hope and expectation of our future transformation by God. She guides us into a...
by Ken Wettig | Feb 29, 2024 | Contemplative Life
There is a way that seems right to a person, but in the end its way is death.” – Proverbs 14:12 Two only sons, each deeply loved by their father, stumble up a mountain heavy with the wood of their own sacrifice upon their shoulders. One is named Isaac, and his...
by Coracle | Feb 29, 2024 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty” devotional, art historian Jan Haugen invites us to reflect upon a particular work of art: The Railway by Edouard Manet (1873). Through this work, Jan unfolds some of the distinctive elements of impressionist art and helps us to become...
by Ken Wettig | Feb 24, 2024 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Ken Wettig (Coracle Community Minister) guides us through The Lord’s Prayer, pausing at each phrase to dive into its deeper significance and invitation. He helps us rediscover the spiritual riches of this often...
by Chris Lugo | Feb 24, 2024 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: BIBLE” devotional, Chris Lugo (Coracle Community Minister) guides us into the dynamics of doubt. He takes a close look at Mark 6 and identifies two main types of questions people were asking about Jesus: questions of authority and questions of...
by Margot Eyring | Feb 20, 2024 | Spiritual Direction
Are you looking for a Spiritual Director or for someone else? For the past 5 or 6 years, I have been assisting people who are curious about finding a spiritual director to discern whether they are really looking for a spiritual director or for some other type of...
by Jeff Lindeman | Feb 18, 2024 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Jeff Lindeman (Sr. Dir. of Strategy & Operations) guides us through a few simple and accessible ways he takes refuge in God in his daily life. Through reflecting on some Psalms, music, and art, Jeff invites us into...
by Chris Lugo | Feb 16, 2024 | Coracle News, For the World
Dear Friends, The last time I wrote to you I told the story about my parents and how they learned English. It was hard for both of them and it was their story that left a mark on my own story. Stories are an important part of being human. Recently, I was watching a...
by Coracle | Feb 16, 2024 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty,” Spiritual Director Laura Merricks guides us into a practice of Visio Divina pairing a beautiful print by artist Scott Erickson with Jesus’ famous message about worry at the end of the Sermon on the Mount...
by Coracle | Feb 15, 2024 | Contemplative Life
In our modern world, where our days and attentions are constantly harried and fragmented, the Christian traditions of Sabbath and Retreat offer an invitation to a deeper, richer life with God. Since we began over a decade ago, Coracle has sought to create spaces to...
by Bill Haley | Feb 13, 2024 | Liturgical Seasons
For a long time I’ve liked to think of Lent as a coming home, a turning around from whatever takes me from God and a coming back home into the arms of the loving forgiveness of God. It’s a time to reflect on the subtleties of sin and sins in our own lives, for...
by Bill Haley | Feb 8, 2024 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Rev. Bill Haley (Coracle Executive Director) guides us through a series of reflective prompts that help us wrap our minds around what it means to be “a contemplative” and then to discern in ourselves which...
by Coracle | Feb 8, 2024 | Justice and Mercy
He has shown you, O man, what is good;And what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?Micah 6:8 NKJVLive Justly, Love, Mercy, Walk Humbly… These are three instructions that we have received from our Lord...
by Bill Haley | Feb 7, 2024 | Contemplative Life
For a long time, my simple definition of ‘contemplation’ has been, “Being present to the presence of God,” tweaked perhaps to, “Being present to the loving presence of God.” The second is a helpful reminder, but it is actually a redundancy. God’s presence is by...
by Coracle | Feb 3, 2024 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty” devotional, Kristy Wallace Grant (Repentance Project Director) celebrates National Freedom Day by reflecting on Paul’s powerful reflection on freedom in Galatians 5:1 through thoughtful prompts and beautiful works of...
by Margot Eyring | Feb 1, 2024 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Margot Eyring (Coracle Spiritual Direction Coordinator) guides us into a time of remembering and of being remembered. She invites us to re-narrate our stories from childhood in light of God’s loving care. In the process, we...
by Scott Buresh | Jan 30, 2024 | Contemplative Life
I find myself basking in a season of great richness. My heart is swelling with gratitude for how Jesus is choosing to be with me and inviting me to be with Him in diversity of contexts and settings. Whether I’m traveling with Jesus in the company of friends or...
by Coracle | Jan 26, 2024 | Contemplative Life, Creation
In this “Space for God: BIBLE” devotional, Kathy Bruce helps us move out of the Zoom room into the cathedral of creation. She guides us to quotes and scriptures that powerfully worship God by attending closely to the beauty, majesty, and scale of...
