by Coracle | Jul 3, 2017 | Contemplative Life
By: Kathryn McIvor, 2017 Corhaven Intern As a worship planner on the edge of burnout, I had mastered the art of being in a service without engaging too deeply, afraid that an encounter with God might just push me past the point of no return. So I hid behind the...
by Coracle | Jun 30, 2017 | For the World, Justice and Mercy
Read about Girl Scout Troop #1963’s visit to the Corhaven Graveyard last month.
by Bill Haley | Jun 16, 2017 | Contemplative Life
I am in anguish… It lit something in me. It was such a brief conversation a couple of months ago while walking the littered streets of Bethlehem, but its effect is having the effect of focusing my attention like a laser. On our last Coracle/Telos trip to the Israel...
by Bill Haley | May 18, 2017 | Contemplative Life
Over the years of my life, I’ve seen something happen enough times to be able to recognize something of a pattern that ends up really changing things for me, super-charging my heart and giving me new passion and vision. It’s when some deep truth–ubiquitous in the...
by Rick Mastroianni | Apr 7, 2017 | Contemplative Life
A reflection on the “God Loves You. . . No, Really” retreat “’You are the Beloved’ – My only desire is to make these words reverberate in every corner of your being.” — Henri Nouwen, The Life of the Beloved The symptoms sounded all too familiar: anxiety,...
by Coracle | Jan 13, 2017 | Contemplative Life
By: Giovanna Meek (Coracle Intern, Summer 2016) “Spiritual Formation” often gets a bad rap: considered some new age, non-Christ-centered effort or, alternatively, raised to the level of the most important aspect of a Christian’s life, but to be pursued in an...
by Bill Haley | Jan 3, 2017 | Contemplative Life
2017 is going to be a big, strange year, full of challenges, with much uncertainty. You feel it. We all do. I do, deeply. And just like it is true at the beginning of every new year, the world needs more people who are alive and strong in God to powerfully be his...
by Bill Haley | Dec 19, 2016 | Contemplative Life
This Advent season, when I pause to reflect on the meaning of it and prepare for that feast day and celebration that is Christmas, my heart is filled with gratitude. It may seem rather simple to say, but I’m really grateful that God came. God came. It’s that simple,...
by Coracle | Dec 2, 2016 | Coracle News
Dear Friends and Fellow Pilgrims, I’m not good at cutting to the chase. I’m not good at being brief. I use words (and, sometimes, as you will see in my PS at the end, YouTube videos!) to help folks to see what I see, know what I know, celebrate the breadth that I...
by Coracle | Dec 2, 2016 | Liturgical Seasons
Last time I offered some Transcendence. This time I want to offer Sheer Joy! These few things fill my heart with laughter or happiness or wonder or all of them at the same time. Enjoy them! The first is probably my favorite minute and twenty-two seconds on Youtube....
by Coracle | Dec 2, 2016 | Coracle News
Click to view and download Coracle’s Annual Report for 2016. Please read and rejoice with us in all the things God has done and is doing!
by Coracle | Nov 27, 2016 | Liturgical Seasons
By: Giovanna Meek (Coracle Intern, Summer 2016) It’s not uncommon that a caring Christian, especially one with an evangelical heart, might ask someone “do you know Jesus?” And, if a Christian is responding, she might begin with “well, yes…” and continue by sharing...
by Coracle | Nov 8, 2016 | Contemplative Life
Story and Photos by: Dean Luckenbaugh On a cool, cloudy Monday morning, I finished breakfast with a friend and headed from the DC suburbs to a quiet country retreat for a day set aside to hear from God. Against my will, the radio stayed off and I prayed through...
by Coracle | Nov 5, 2016 | Spiritual Direction
People are hungry to go deeper in God, hungry to know Jesus, grow in Jesus, and be the presence of Jesus in a hurting world. That’s what we’re encountering all the time through Coracle. There’s more desire than we can keep up with. Thankfully, God keeps bringing...
by Bill Haley | Oct 20, 2016 | Contemplative Life
The imagery can be as gentle as “a feather on the breath of God” (Hildegard) or as shocking as “immolate me” (Margaret Mary Alacoque), but the essence is the same. This is where the Christian life will ultimately lead if we want it and are willing to go there. This...
by Coracle | Oct 3, 2016 | Contemplative Life, For the World
Reflections by Hannah Zachman, a Theological Horizons Fellow 2017 Original post can be found here. In early September, the Horizons Fellows drove out through the rolling hills and harvest-ready fields of the Shenandoah Valley to experience a weekend of reflection,...
by Bill Haley | Sep 13, 2016 | Coracle News
Dear fellow pilgrims, As you know, from time to time I like to send a bit of a personal letter to share what I’m excited about and thinking about Coracle. At the beginning of fall, it’s time for that letter! We’re just on the heels of the canonization of Mother...
by Coracle | Aug 26, 2016 | Contemplative Life
A few weeks ago, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship’s Washington DC Urban Program sent student leaders from around the DC area to Corhaven for a mid-project retreat. We posted about it here. What follows is a reflection from Medina Anderson, Bowie State, ’18 and...
by Coracle | Aug 22, 2016 | Justice and Mercy
A few weeks ago, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship’s Washington DC Urban Program sent student leaders from around the DC area to Corhaven for a mid-project retreat. We posted about it here. What follows is a reflection from Krista Cocozello, a recent graduate of...
by Karla Petty | Jul 26, 2016 | Contemplative Life
In kindergarten music class, I remember my teacher running an experiment with us. She had us sit in silence for a full minute. No talking, no moving. Then immediately after she gave us another full minute where we could talk or be silly. Guess which minute seemed...
