by Scott Buresh | Sep 3, 2026 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty” devotional, Scott Buresh (Coracle Baltimore Director) guides us into the spiritual riches of the recent bestseller, Theo of Golden. Walking through Theo’s story slowly and reflectively (without any major spoilers),...
by Bill Haley | Jul 24, 2026 | Contemplative Life, Space for God with Bill
In this “Space for God: Beauty” devotional, Rev. Bill Haley (Coracle Executive Director) guides us through four movements of prayer: Beloved, Gratitude, Response, and Praise. Four songs carry us through these movements:...
by Coracle | Jul 18, 2026 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Jimeka Jones Setzer (Lead Pastor, Church at the Well) guides us into a time of movement, reflection, and prayer. Leading us through a popular line dance, she invites us to listen to our bodies as a path to offering our whole selves...
by Coracle | Jul 10, 2026 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty” devotional, Suzy Kanode (Coracle Spiritual Director) guides us into a time reflecting on photos she has taken through the years depicting different kinds of pathways. Each photo illuminates different aspects of what it looks...
by Coracle | Jun 19, 2026 | Contemplative Life, Creation
In this “Space for God: Beauty” devotional, Ryan Scarberry (Musician and Priest) guides us into a series of reflections drawn from the writings of 17th-century priest and poet Thomas Traherne. Traherne challenges us to reassess how we view our natural...
by Rick Mastroianni | Jun 14, 2026 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty” devotional, Rick Mastroianni (Coracle Spiritual Director) guides us into a reflection on the spiritual riches he discovered during an unwanted stay in the hospital. We spend time reflecting on his poem, “Sabbath...
by Coracle | May 7, 2026 | Contemplative Life
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by Coracle | Apr 30, 2026 | Contemplative Life
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by Coracle | Apr 9, 2026 | Contemplative Life
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by Mary Gardner | Feb 14, 2026 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty” devotional, Rev. Mary Amendolia Gardner (Coracle Spiritual Director) guides us into the spiritual riches of illuminated manuscripts. She offers historical context for this centuries-old tradition before inviting us to...
by Coracle | Dec 11, 2025 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God: Advent” devotional, Jan Haugen (Docent, National Gallery of Art) guides us through a time observing and reflecting upon The Adoration of the Shepherds by Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo. She helps us appreciate the theological valence of the...
by Bill Haley | Dec 4, 2025 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons, Space for God with Bill
In this “Space for God: Advent” devotional, Rev. Bill Haley offers a distinction between songs for Christmas and songs for Advent. He invites us to sit with the anticipatory yearning and musical beauty of six of the season’s most beautiful songs,...
by Coracle | Nov 20, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty” devotional, Zoe Hansen (Spiritual Director and Retreat Facilitator) invites us to meditate on the concept and experience of joy as we approach the holiday season. She breathes life into C.S. Lewis’ somewhat heady...
by Coracle | Nov 13, 2025 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God: Advent” devotional, Wanda Bickers (Coracle Spiritual Director) helps us prepare for the Advent season by guiding us through a space visio divina focused on Rembrandt’s “Simeon in the Temple.” The painting draws us...
by Coracle | Oct 6, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Debra Donnelly-Barton (Coracle Spiritual Director) guides us into a time of contemplative writing. Unlike other forms of devotional writing, contemplative writing is meant to be shared as a witness to God’s loving sovereignty and...
by Coracle | Aug 27, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty” devotional, Wanda Jones-Yeatman (Leadership Expert) guides us into a time of visio divina centered on “The Touch,” a painting by Aaron Hicks and Alan Hicks. The painting depicts the scene from Mark 5:21-34, when...
by Coracle | Jul 25, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty” devotional, Jimeka Jones Setzer (Spiritual Companion) invites us to let a little joy into our lives by attending to and moving our bodies as an act of worship. She guides us into a “body scan” practice,...
by Drew Masterson | May 23, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty” devotional, Drew Masterson (college minister) guides us through a few musical and poetic reflections on the Lord’s Prayer. We tend to grow overfamiliar with this most beloved prayer, and these artistic responses offer...
by Coracle | May 8, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty,” Bette Dickinson (artist and author) guides us into the deep wisdom of Jesus’ teaching in John 12:23, where he illustrates the upside-down growth model of his kingdom with the image of a seed falling into the soil. She...
by Mary Gardner | Mar 29, 2025 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty” devotional, Rev. Dr. Mary Amendolia Gardner (Coracle Spiritual Director) guides us into a time reflecting on and writing songs of praise to God. She introduces us to a few simple songwriting tools to get us started and...
