by Scott Buresh | Jul 1, 2025 | Contemplative Life
“Trinity Sunday” By Malcolm Guite In the Beginning, not in time or space, But in the quick before both space and time, In Life, in Love, in co-inherent Grace, In three in one and one in three, in rhyme, In music, in the whole creation story, In His own...
by Coracle | Feb 8, 2025 | For the World, Justice and Mercy, Peacemaking
We have a tremendous amount to learn about faithful Christian discipleship from our Palestinian evangelical brothers and sisters. We were grateful to have that opportunity in this Soundings Seminar Conversation with Dr. Salim Munayer (author, theologian, and founder...
by Coracle | Jun 5, 2024 | Contemplative Life, For the World
In this “Space for God: Beauty,” former missionary and bishop Roy Hange guides us into a reflection on the beauty of holiness, drawing deeply from his decade spent ministering to Middle Eastern churches. He roots our time in 1 Peter 1:3-9, a soaring...
by Coracle | Mar 9, 2024 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God: Lent” devotional, Rev. Bill Haley (Coracle Executive Director) guides us into the story of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. He helps us appreciate the human, emotional dimension of Jesus’ life on display in this moving scene, in order to...
by Ken Wettig | Jan 18, 2024 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Ken Wettig (Coracle Community Minister) guides us into the famous story of Moses encountering God through the burning bush from Exodus 3. He encourages us to resist the temptation to get so caught up in our...
by Coracle | Nov 16, 2023 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Susan Ward guides us into the different facets of gratitude we encounter in scripture and in life. She introduces us to practices that won’t just help us feel grateful but will help us become grateful people. She helps us...
by Kristy Wallace Grant | Nov 8, 2023 | Contemplative Life, Justice and Mercy
In this “Space for God: Thursday,” Repentance Project Director, Kristy Wallace Grant, guides us into the rich but challenging practice of lament. She unpacks the literary form of lament found in the Psalms and draws upon music and images from...
by Abigail Whitehouse | May 20, 2023 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Rev. Abigail Whitehouse (Truro Anglican Church) guides us into the rich history of “Remembrance Stones.” Weaving together history, music, and spiritual practices, she helps us to see more clearly how the...
by Coracle | May 26, 2022 | Justice and Mercy
by Bill Haley (Coracle Executive Director), Jeff Lindeman (Senior Director of Strategy and Operations) & Kristy Wallace (Repentance Project Director) On Tuesday, a young man entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas and killed 19 school children and 2...
by Coracle | May 17, 2022 | Justice and Mercy
by Bill Haley (Coracle Executive Director) & Kristy Wallace (Repentance Project Director) With you, our hearts are deeply troubled, sad, angry, and sorrowful at the news of last Saturday’s deadly and racially motivated mass shooting in Buffalo. We are grieved by...
by Drew Masterson | Apr 8, 2022 | Contemplative Life, Liturgical Seasons
In this “Space for God,” Drew Masterson guides us through Malcolm Guite’s powerful series of 14 sonnets following Jesus from Pilate’s court, to the Cross, and into the tomb (from Guite’s book Sounding the Seasons). Drew invites us to...
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 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 Coracle | Sep 21, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Ryan Bettwy (Anglican Priest) draws from James 1 to explore how our trials can serve as “kaleidoscopic crucibles of character” if we approach them from the mindset of faith. He helps us practice reframing the...
by Coracle | Sep 14, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: Beauty” devotional, Lori Smith (author and teacher) shares how she came to better appreciate the beauty of the Lord’s creation after taking up watercolor during a season of extended suffering from Lyme disease. She came to...
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 Coracle | Jun 22, 2021 | Contemplative Life
by PJ Whittington “I would rather die for Jesus Christ than rule the last reaches of the earth. My search is for Him who died for us; my love is for Him who rose for our salvation. The pangs of new birth are upon me. Forgive me, brethren. Do nothing to prevent...
by Coracle | May 25, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God: BIBLE” devotional, Patty Prasada-Rao (Repentance Project Coordinator) leads us through 1 Peter 5:10 as a response to the so many of us have asked during this year of suffering, sickness, and (at too many points) violence:...
by Coracle | Apr 30, 2021 | Contemplative Life
In this “Space for God” devotional, Rev. Skip Ryan guides us through a prayerful encounter with the first five verses of Romans 5. He helps us connect with this passage at a heart-deep level, as we understand the ongoing, day-by-day experience of...
by Coracle | Apr 29, 2021 | Contemplative Life
Below is a reflection written by Robert Mackay, a graduate of the 2017 Coracle Fellowship Program. We hope you will be blessed by his story and faithfulness, as we certainly have been! Read Robert’s Reflection LEARN MORE ABOUT ABANDONMENT TO GOD Explore The...
