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Coracle in China!

by | Feb 21, 2014 | Church Unity, Contemplative Life

Friends, I’ll be in Shanghai March 6-16 to preach at a couple of churches and to lead a couple of retreats, and looking forward to being hosted by and seeing some old friends from St. Brendan’s in the City.   The major themes of the retreats and speaking are spiritual...

An Inspiring Story and Recommended Book

by | Nov 19, 2013 | For the World

“They tried to put me in solitary confinement but that is actually impossible as God is everywhere.” James Mawdsley   What would you go to jail for in Burma?  Burma itself, in the case of James Mawdsley. Mawdsley is a Brit who, in the late 1990s, got...

Into the Tragic Underknown

by | Nov 15, 2013 | For the World

“For years, Burma’s plight was one of the most under-reported tragedies in the second half the twentieth century.” Benedict Rogers, Burma: A Nation at the Crossroads I’ve been aware of just how little I know about Burma as the days before entering near.  The world is...

With Half of the World

by | Nov 15, 2013 | For the World

We arrived after a full day’s journey from Washington to Singapore, 28 hours from door to door via Tokyo, Japan.  Flying over Southeast Asia, the little flight map on the plane showed us the cities that lay sleeping below…Taipei, Taiwan; Manila and the cyclone...

“No more hurting people. Peace.”

by | Oct 17, 2013 | Justice and Mercy

“No more hurting people.  Peace.” These are the words of 8-year-old Martin Richard, of Dorchester, Massachusets.  They are from a poster he created in school, after the  shooting death of Trayvon Martin.  When Martin Richard was killed in the bomb blast at...
Who knew a farm would be so interesting?

Who knew a farm would be so interesting?

by | Oct 9, 2013 | Creation, Vocation

Who knew a farm could be so interesting?  Coracle gathered a group of us for a tour of Polyface Farm in August, where they are taking a lead from God’s design of nature to produce delicious food, excellent in every respect. Polyface, nestled in a beautiful area of...

Restoring Peace

by | Apr 11, 2013 | Creation

I almost passed this article by, as I do with many articles that come to my computer screen, but the title intrigued me. There is so much truth in the article, through to the last quote which sums it all up for me. I thought this fits so well with what Coracle is,...

Tara Ministers to More than Coracle

by | Feb 13, 2013 | Justice and Mercy

Not only does Tara do hospitality and creation care, but much more!  Tara’s heart is ministry for people on the margins, and this is part of that ministry.  The following is an article was originally posted HERE. ‘Suitcase Clinics’ deliver health...

In Thailand

by | Nov 3, 2012 | For the World, Justice and Mercy

Something Coracle seems to specialize in is being able to walk with those whose lives are on the front lines of seeing some of the worst that a broken world can throw, whether poverty, injustice, violence, and all sorts of disillusionment. Last week, I was grateful to...

‘There and Back Again’

by | Oct 10, 2012 | For the World, Peacemaking

We’ve made it, home.   After 28 hours of travel from Kigali to Entebbe to Addis to Rome to Dulles to Corhaven, home. I’m deeply aware and grateful for the prayers of so many folks for us, they were all answered, in more abundance and gentility that we would have...

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