by Coracle | Feb 10, 2016 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
This is one of my all-time favorite poems and prayers, from a man well-acquainted with God, and with sin. Regarding sin, who cannot agree with his refrain, “I have more”. Yet it ends in hope and freedom from fear, which is precisely the destination of journey of Lent...
by Abigail Whitehouse | Feb 8, 2016 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
Lent is about making space for the resurrection by getting rid of that which impedes our relationship with Christ. At its most fundamental, this is sin –and therefore the Lenten invitation is, first and foremost, to repentance – to turn from our idolatry...
by Karla Petty | Jan 22, 2016 | Liturgical Seasons
With the storm coming, it’s natural to think about seasonal preparation. The news is crowded with images of hardware stores sold out of shovels and salt, and empty grocery store shelves where milk and bread used to be. No one wants to be caught in a storm unprepared....
by Coracle | May 7, 2014 | Contemplative Life
“In the silence of the heart God speaks. If you face God in prayer and silence, God will speak to you. Then you will know that you are nothing. It is only when you realize your nothingness, your emptiness, that God can fill you with Himself. Souls of prayer are souls...
by Coracle | Mar 4, 2014 | Liturgical Seasons
You can read his encouraging and challenging message here. May God give us all a Blessed and Holy and Good Lent…starting tomorrow!
by Bill Haley | Mar 2, 2014 | Liturgical Seasons
Every year I look forward to the liturgical season of Lent for the sober opportunity it provides to take stock of my relationship with God, and take on or put off a few things that are hindering my intimate with God. It feels for the soul like the season it falls...
by Bill Haley | Feb 14, 2013 | Liturgical Seasons
I love Lent…I love Lent. It’s like a long, hot shower for the soul, spring cleaning for our spirits. There’s such value in observing the church year, such pastoral help. Lent helps us come clean through self-examination, confession, repentance, and amendment...
by Amy Boucher Pye | Mar 6, 2026 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God” devotional, Amy Boucher Pye (Author and Spiritual Director) guides us into an imaginative prayer exercise on Jesus’ temptation in the desert from Matthew 4. Through this scene, Amy invites us into the messy middle of the Lenten season, where...
by Coracle | Mar 1, 2026 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God” devotional, Debra Donnelly-Barton (Coracle Spiritual Director) guides us into her devotional reflection from Ash Wednesday. Drawing inspiration from T.S. Eliot’s poem marking the start of Lent, Debra helps us consider afresh our Lenten...
by Jessica Clark | Feb 18, 2026 | Liturgical Seasons
“Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Today millions of followers of Jesus will—or have already—said these words. It’s Ash Wednesday, marking the beginning of the season of Lent. Historically, the church has recognized this season as a time for...
by Bill Haley | Jan 16, 2026 | Justice and Mercy
Justice-loving and Jesus-loving friends, the Repentance Project is now over 10 years old. Our formational resource “An American Lament” has been being used for almost as long. But friends, it is more timely now then it was then to take on and experience this 40 day...
by Ken Wettig | Nov 26, 2025 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
Last Friday I, probably like you, heard the news story of 315 Nigerian children being abducted from their Catholic school by armed militants in want of ransom money. As I thought about this upcoming Advent themed article I had been planning, I felt myself growing...
by Bill Haley | Sep 5, 2025 | Contemplative Life, For the World, Justice and Mercy
I’m delighted that the Repentance Project and Coracle are partnering with The Racial Reconciliation Group (RRG) and Little Lights to offer this fall’s book club on Jemar Tisby’s “The Spirit of Justice”, led by NaTasha Brown and Kathy Bruce. Tisby was inspired to write...
by Ken Wettig | Jul 22, 2025 | Contemplative Life
“There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of a continual conversation with God. Those only can comprehend it who practice and experience it.” – Brother Lawrence Initially it was the breakdown of civil engagement across...
by Scott Buresh | Jul 14, 2025 | Contemplative Life
For three years, a band of women along with 12 men had the opportunity to literally walk with Jesus unhurried. They traveled by foot from village to village at a pace conducive to rich conversation as they took in the beauty of the surrounding countryside. We are...
by Bill Haley | Jun 25, 2025 | Contemplative Life
Friends, what a remarkable time to be alive, what a privilege in days like this to be able to bear witness to the reality of the Risen, Living Christ and the God Who Is Love and the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus that is utterly different from any human kingdom, state, or...
by Margot Eyring | Jun 6, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty” devotional, Margot Eyring (Coracle Spiritual Direction Coordinator) guides us into a time of intentional attention—of gazing on the world around us in such a way that we perceive the beauty we are normally tempted to skip...
by Coracle | May 28, 2025 | Contemplative Life
Few passages elicit a more emotional response from women than the Luke 10 story of Mary and Martha. As a spiritual director, when I meet with someone new, I often start with a Lectio Divina on that passage. Initially, my purpose in choosing this passage was to explore...
by Scott Buresh | May 27, 2025 | Contemplative Life
“Love” by George Herbert LOVE bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back, Guilty of dust and sin. But quick-eyed Love, observing me grow slack From my first entrance in, Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning If I lack’d anything. ‘A guest,’ I answer’d,...
by Ken Wettig | May 6, 2025 | Contemplative Life
The Lord said, “Make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out. This is how you are to build it…Noah did everything just as God commanded him.” ~ Genesis 6:14, 22 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with...
