by Coracle | Sep 20, 2018 | Contemplative Life, Coracle News
The Coracle Fellows Application for 2019 is now available. This is an invitation – an invitation into a deeper relationship with Christ and others, and (warning!) an invitation that may stir up the waters of your life. This is an invitation to change. It’s...
by Bill Haley | Sep 20, 2018 | For the World, Justice and Mercy
On a layover this week* through Vienna, Austria on the way to Cyprus, I was reminded of one reason why getting out of my home country on a somewhat regular basis has been, for about 25 years, almost a spiritual discipline. International airport hubs are like swimming...
by Coracle | Sep 2, 2018 | Contemplative Life
by Ann Bodling Coracle Spiritual Director A couple of weeks ago, a friend asked me what my spiritual practices have been lately. I was caught off guard and mumbled something about reading and contemplative prayer but, at the same time, I felt like I was forgetting...
by Coracle | Aug 31, 2018 | Contemplative Life, Spiritual Direction
Dear Friends, Two years ago, with the help of an amazing team, the Coracle Community-Baltimore started. Perhaps now more than ever, God is drawing together community in Baltimore around the motto of Spiritual Formation for Kingdom Action. Our oft-used image is that of...
by Coracle | Aug 24, 2018 | Pilgrimage
It’s almost the end of summer and many have traveled somewhere, or may try squeezing something in over the Labor Day weekend. These journeys are meant to bring us to beautiful places, grant us restoration, time with loved ones, renewal of relationships, and...
by Bill Haley | Jun 22, 2018 | Contemplative Life
In Jesus’ life, he had many conversations with his Father in prayer. At times, we know Jesus’ side of the conversation, what he said. But we don’t have many accounts of what God the Father said to God the Son. There are three times God the Father spoke in audible...
by Tara Haley | Jun 12, 2018 | Creation
Well friends, the warm weather has finally come and, with it, abundant new life to Corhaven! The spring garden has been in the ground for nearly a month and we have been enjoying asparagus and rhubarb, while the leeks, onions, garlic, and shallots have sent up green...
by Karla Petty | Jun 12, 2018 | Coracle News, Pilgrimage
It’s a new era for Coracle. Our little boat is growing. For years, our staff has been made up of people who give part of their time to Coracle and part of their time to other professional roles. It was a great beginning and that structure served us very well. ...
by Coracle | Jun 8, 2018 | Coracle News
Everyone, we are so happy to be welcoming Laren Butler to Corhaven for the summer of 2018. She comes to us in between her third and fourth years at UVA where she studies Sociology and Religious studies. She is involved with Theological Horizons, and found out about...
by Bill Haley | Jun 7, 2018 | For the World, Pilgrimage
I’ve just returned from Bethlehem where I attended the “Christ at the Checkpoint” conference convened by Bethlehem Bible College, The Holy Land Trust, Musalaha, Bethlehem Lutheran Christmas Church, and others. The theme of the fifth annual conference was “Jesus...
by Coracle | May 22, 2018 | Contemplative Life, Spiritual Direction
Heather Strube, Coracle Spiritual Director in Baltimore, MD, on what spiritual direction means and why it’s important. As I have discerned whether or not to walk forward with formalized training [in spiritual direction], I have had to answer this question...
by Coracle | May 18, 2018 | Contemplative Life, Spiritual Direction
By: Lynnette Hughes Coracle Fellow ’17 and Coracle Spiritual Director 20 years ago I read Susan Howatch’s Starbridge Series of novels, describing the history of the Church of England in the 20th century, in which one of the main characters is a dynamic priest in...
by Bill Haley | May 7, 2018 | For the World, Justice and Mercy
What follows is Bill Haley’s reflection on the Life of Martin Luther King, given at the Trinity Forum Community Conversation on April 30, 2018 in Washington, DC. This event was co-hosted by Coracle and featured David Bailey of Arrabon and Rev. Dr. Cheryl...
by Coracle | Apr 27, 2018 | Church Unity, Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
By: Kate Kennedy, Coracle Fellow ’18 In talking matters of faith, I’m inevitably asked the question, “so what’s your denomination?” My reaction is always the same. I grin and say, “well, the easiest way to describe myself is with two words –...
by Coracle | Apr 24, 2018 | Contemplative Life
By: Judith James “ ‘Let NOT the wise man glory in his wisdom; let not the mighty man glory in his might, Nor let the rich man glory in his riches; But let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, That I am the Lord, exercising...
by Scott Buresh | Apr 17, 2018 | Contemplative Life
I am eternally grateful to Dallas Willard for gently and patiently opening my eyes to the reality of the kingdom of God in and around me right here, right now. Like many Christians I had come to experience relating to God as someone who loved me dearly, dearly enough...
by Coracle | Mar 17, 2018 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
Printable PDF of this prayer can be found here: St. Patrick’s Breastplate I bind unto myself today The strong name of the Trinity: By invocation of the same, The Three in One and One in Three. I bind this day to me for ever By...
by Coracle | Feb 7, 2018 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
As we approach the season of Lent one week from today, please see this printable PDF that we put together of some resources we really like. We want to particularly point you toward An American Lent, an online tool which we helped develop to dive into this season of...
by Scott Buresh | Jan 30, 2018 | Contemplative Life, Pilgrimage, Spiritual Direction
Recently I returned with Heather Strube from Southeast Asia having done a strange mission trip with Coracle: offering spiritual direction and formation in a far off land with those bringing Jesus in even farther off lands! That doesn’t happen without some context....
by Bill Haley | Jan 4, 2018 | Contemplative Life
Happy New Year, friends! As 2018 begins to unfold, no doubt it will be an interesting year for each one of us, full of challenges and joys. Some of those joys and challenges maybe we can anticipate, and many we have no idea are coming! But we can be assured that...
