by Chris Lugo | Feb 23, 2023 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God,” Rev. Chris Lugo (Coracle Community Minister for DC/NoVA) guides us into the penitential season of Lent with a reflection on Hosea 12:2-6. He reminds us of our daily need to “return to our God,” not so that we remain...
by Chris Lugo | Feb 21, 2023 | Liturgical Seasons
This week we will be celebrating two important moments in the church calendar: Ash Wednesday and Lent. Ash Wednesday starts by focusing the Christian’s heart on repentance and prayer, usually through personal and communal confession. Lent likewise is a 40-day period...
by Danny Nasry | Aug 16, 2022 | For the World, Justice and Mercy
Over the course of the last 8 Wednesdays, a group of some 50 pilgrims and I have journeyed together through the award-winning book Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation As an Exercise in Hope by an Anglican priest, the Rev. Dr. Esau McCaulley. ...
by Bill Haley | Jun 9, 2022 | Justice and Mercy
Writing “Essential Christianity” in late December, 2020 was a great joy for me, a personal act of worship, a chance to comprehensively write what I believe, what I believe Christianity teaches, and what are the many implications of that teaching. It also enabled me...
by Drew Masterson | Jun 7, 2022 | Contemplative Life, Coracle News
As we have pursued our two major series this year– “Discernment: Hearing God in a Noisy World” and “Doubt, Deconstruction & Redemption”– we have come to recognize a significant overlap at the core of what each is pursuing. At root, both series are seeking to help...
by Laura Mastroianni | Apr 13, 2022 | Creation
At the end of February, I attended the Coracle Fellowship in Baltimore retreat on the Eucharist. During our time of Silence and Solitude, I felt compelled to go outside for a walk. I really tried to ignore that feeling. I’m not familiar with the area, and I didn’t...
by Ken Wettig | Apr 12, 2022 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
Did Jesus “hear God” during his last days on Earth? There are only two times in the synoptic Gospels when the audible voice of God is heard and recorded—Jesus’ Baptism and the Mount of Transfiguration. It is worth noting that both times the Father’s voice says...
by Rick Mastroianni | Mar 30, 2022 | Contemplative Life
A reflection on the fullness of Jesus as our Good Shepherd in light of Psalm 23, John 10:1-18 , Rev. 5, and Rev. 7:17. “The Lamb is My Shepherd”The Slain-Lamb Lord is also my Good Shepherd. What more could I want?He makes me rest in his green grass of...
by Bill Haley | Mar 24, 2022 | Contemplative Life
This reflection is part of our 2022 “Doubt, Deconstruction & Redemption” Series. You can read my original piece laying out why it is fitting for Coracle to pick up this conversation at this moment HERE. If you are on a deconstruction journey or caring for...
by Scott Buresh | Mar 21, 2022 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
What little I know of sheep, other than that they are incredibly cute and wooly, is that they are not very bright and easily wander into trouble and danger. Thankfully, we also know God loves sheep, and He loves shepherds. Psalms 95:7 and 100:3 proclaim He is our...
by Bill Haley | Mar 2, 2022 | Contemplative Life
This reflection is part of our “Discernment: Hearing God in a Noisy World” Series. Discerning God’s unique voice is one of the most important skills for a Christian and is absolutely crucial for our intimacy with God and our ability to follow him. ...
by Danny Nasry | Mar 2, 2022 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
“Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”If you attend a church that observes Ash Wednesday, a pastor or priest will murmur these words to you soon before anointing your head with a cross of ashes. It’s a profound and tangible reminder of the...
by Danny Nasry | Feb 17, 2022 | Contemplative Life
“It is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”Galatians 2:20 “A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But...
by Bill Haley | Jan 25, 2022 | Coracle News
This reflection marks the official launch of our 2022 “Doubt, Deconstruction & Redemption” Series. We have always sought to offer care, companionship, and resources to those wrestling with their faith. Now that “deconstruction” has become something...
by Ken Wettig | Dec 21, 2021 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
“It was not a silent night.” I still remember the moment I first heard those words. I was at a fundraising concert for a local non-profit and a young female singer-songwriter with a voice like glass opened her set with those words from Andrew Peterson’s song “Labor...
by Bill Haley | Sep 7, 2021 | Contemplative Life
From 1508 to 1512, Michelangelo painted his masterpiece on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Scenes from the Old Testament stunned the first viewers of these frescoes with their detail, imaginative rendering, and flash of vibrant colors across the spectrum. And...
by Bill Haley | Sep 2, 2021 | Contemplative Life
This is the transcript of a sermon delivered to the Kairos Community at The Falls Church Anglican on September 23rd, 2001. We’ll always remember where we were when we first heard the news. The World Trade Center was hit by an airplane. The other World Trade Center...
by Bill Haley | Aug 19, 2021 | Contemplative Life
“Emptying precedes filling.” Eugene Peterson My favorite living novelist is the Canadian Roman Catholic, Michael D. O’Brien. I’ve read most of his thirteen novels, and his Father Elijah remains one of the most formative works of fiction in my life. For all...
by Bill Haley | Jun 25, 2021 | Contemplative Life
A few summers ago while vacationing in the High Country of North Carolina, my family found ourselves at a gym devoted to rock climbing, with high-pitched walls and many multi-colored hand and foot holds molded and screwed to the walls in a variety of patterns. ...
by Coracle | Jun 21, 2021 | Justice and Mercy
On June 19th, 2021, Coracle hosted our 5th annual Juneteenth Commemoration & Celebration, broadcast from the Corhaven Graveyard. This special online service wove together the themes of Honesty, Solidarity & Hope-in-Action, and it was a very impactful time.The...
