For the Journey

This week, we are sharing a sermon Bill Haley offered back in 2012 on Isaiah 58 . Bill explains how God’s character and actions through history lay the foundation for Christian ethics, and he focuses on the Prophet Isaiah’s powerful articulation of the kind of Sabbath God desires to see observed. It is a passage that remains as sharp today as it did when it was first uttered, and we pray you are b...

This week, we are sharing a reflection Bill Haley (Coracle Executive Director) recently offered at Coracle’s “ Second Wednesday ” gathering in Northern Virginia. He helps us slow down and encounter anew the familiar story of Jesus feeding the 5000 from Mark 6 and all 4 gospels. That night, Bill also shared the significant role this story played in Coracle’s recent corporate discernment process, cu...

This week, we honor Sanctity of Life Sunday by offering a Sermon delivered by Bill Haley on this day in 2017. He celebrates the priceless value of every human life, from conception to natural death, he mourns that so many lives have been lost before ever getting to see the light of day, and he casts a beautiful vision of the hope that flows from following Jesus, the author and Lord of life. Even t...

This week, we are sharing a Soundings Seminar conversation offered in March of 2022 between Bill Haley , Scott Buresh (Coracle’s Community Minister to Baltimore) and Coracle Associate, Carla Mueller . Together, they unpack and reflect upon Dallas Willard's spiritual classic, Hearing God . They explore the barriers we all face as we seek to cultivate the skill of hearing God's particular...

Welcome to 2023 and to Season 2 of For the Journey!  We’re so grateful to have you listening and growing with us, and we pray this year on the podcast will be a blessing to you and to many. To kick off our new season, we are sharing a “ Space for God ” offered by author and Spiritual Director, Amy Boucher Pye back in January of 2021.  Amy guides us through the ancient practice of "Examen&quot...

Merry Christmas! This week, we share a sermon Bill Haley offered on the first week of Advent back in 2018. While not officially a Christmas sermon, we think you’ll find Bill’s meditation on the cosmic significance of Christ’s birth a rich addition to your Christmas week. Support the show For the Journey  is a resource of the Coracle Center of Formation  for  Action and is made possible through the...

This week, Bill Haley guides us through a worshipful encounter with the beauty of Advent music. Specifically, he focuses our attention on the expressive power of the cello as we journey through both familiar and unfamiliar Advent Carols. Article: "Songs of Christmas and (Second) Advent" by Bill Haley Set List: "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" by The Piano Guys "The First Noel&quo...

This week, we share a reflection offered by Dr. Vincent Bacote (Director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College). Vince invites us to take a close look at Hebrews 1 during the Advent season. He unpacks how this chapter exalts the supremacy of Jesus while setting up what it looks like to follow Christ through the challenging circumstances we all face in different seasons. int...

In this Advent Offering from 2020, Bill Haley guides us through a worshipful experience of Advent and Christmas carols old and new, to help us encounter afresh the gift of Jesus' birth and to whet our appetites for His second Advent. Set List: ( Full Spotify Playlist ) “The First Noel” by Over the Rhine “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silent” by John Michael Talbot “The Birth of Jesus” by John Mic...

This week, Bill Haley offers a “ Space for God ” to help us adopt a posture of active waiting as we enter into the Advent Season.  Along the way, he draws on poetry, song, and an essay by Henri Nouwen . Music: " O Come, O Come, Emmanuel " by the Piano Guys " O Come, O Come, Emmanuel " by David Crowder Band View Our Complete Archive of “Space for God” Prayer Practices inthecorac...

This week, we are sharing a sermon Bill Haley offered in 2007 on Luke 4 , where we witness the kingdom of God breaking into the world through Jesus in powerful, even shocking, acts of healing and restoration. inthecoracle.org   |  @inthecoracle Support the show For the Journey  is a resource of the Coracle Center of Formation  for  Action and is made possible through the generous support of men an...

As we approach Thanksgiving in the United States, we wanted to share a " Space for God " devotional on gratitude offered by Margot Eyring (Coracle's Spiritual Direction Coordinator). Margot guides us through both a powerful breath prayer exercise and a reflective reading of a well-known Bible story to help us explore how our practice of gratitude might be enhanced by starting with G...

This week, we share a Soundings Seminar from 2021 featuring a conversation Bill Haley has with Vesna Tift , a survivor of the Yugoslav Civil War , to learn from her experience of working as a reconciler between estranged people groups throughout the conflict. Her powerful story of faith, endurance, and hope in the midst of trying times has something of value for all of us in our own contexts. Lear...

This week, we share a shorter “ Space for God ” Bill Haley offered just before a major election in the United States. There are many seasons of life during which it is appropriate and even encouraged to bring our requests before God, and Bill guides us into a helpful vision and practice of petitionary prayer that keeps God’s goodness and sovereignty at the center. This was originally offered as pa...

This week, we share a “ Space for God ” offered by Marissa Salgado (Programs Director at Casa Chirilagua in Alexandria, VA). Marissa explores the deep truths contained in John 15 ’s image of Jesus as the vine and us as the branches, and she guides us through a moving imaginative prayer exercise on the passage. inthecoracle.org   |  @inthecoracle Support the show For the Journey  is a resource of t...

This week, we share a sermon preached by Bill Haley back in 2007 on Luke 4 and the radical, polarizing start to Jesus’ ministry in Nazareth. Through Bill’s unpacking of this powerful scene, we hope you will encounter again or for the first time the wonder and beauty and challenge of Jesus. inthecoracle.org   |  @inthecoracle Support the show For the Journey  is a resource of the Coracle Center of...

This week, we share a devotional journey through Christianity's most famous prayer. Ken Wettig (Coracle's Community Minister to the Shenandoah Valley) guides us step by step through The Lord’s Prayer, framed as a prayer for when we don't know how else to pray. This was originally offered as one of our weekly "Space for God" times. Explore our Archive of over 100 "Spac...

This week, we are excited to share a Soundings Seminar from 2017 on a topic that is still all-too relevant today— The Discipleship of Peacemaking . Bill Haley is joined by the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Telos Group , Todd Deatherage ; together, they reflect on both the practical and spiritual dynamics of building and sustaining peace in our modern world, with a particular focus on th...

This week, we share a “Space for God” devotional offered by Margot Eyring , Coracle's Spiritual Direction Coordinator. Margot leads us through a series of body and breath prayers in order to help us experience the presence of God wherever we are. Explore our archive of over 100 "Space for God" reflections HERE inthecoracle.org   |  @inthecoracle Support the show For the Journey  is...

This week, we share a sermon Bill Haley offered back in 2015 on Philippians 3:7-16 . Bill introduces us to the powerful life of Gordon Cosby , who NPR called “the most influential pastor you’ve never heard of.” Then Bill explores how Paul taught about the challenge, beauty, and necessity of growth towards spiritual maturity. If you are blessed by this sermon, you may also want to check out Episode...

As we step out of summer and into fall, we are excited to share our very first “Space for God” reflection, offered by Bill Haley all the way back in September 2020.   Bill guides us through the story of Jesus walking on the water in Matthew 14 ; he invites us to reflect on the anxieties we are carrying as we start a new season and to experience how Jesus speaks words of comfort and healing directl...

To mark the start of the school year, we are thrilled to share this Soundings Seminar conversation from 2021 with a terrific panel of educators— Carla Mueller , Abri Nelson May , and Squire Newsome . Guided by co-moderators Karla Petty (of Coracle) and Erica Adams (of Redemptive Education ), the panel dives into the dynamic, sometimes surprising interplay between their work lives as teachers and s...

This week we share a "Space for God" devotional, offered by experienced Spiritual Director, Anne Grizzle . Anne guides us through a time of listening intercession. Too often in prayer, we jump right into what we think we should pray for without first asking the Lord to place on our hearts and minds the people and things he would want us to pray for. Anne helps us make space to listen and...

This week, we share a sermon Bill Haley preached in 2010 on Hebrews chapter 6 .  In it, Bill offers a rousing call to take steps towards true spiritual maturity, towards real formation in Jesus for those who have already believed that he is their lord and savior. inthecoracle.org   |  @inthecoracle Support the show For the Journey  is a resource of the Coracle Center of Formation  for  Action and...

This week, we share a “Space for God” reflection from Dr. Ben Sammons . Ben guides us through a reflective reading of " Adventures in New Testament Greek: Nous " a poem by acclaimed poet and theologian Scott Cairns . The poem invites us into a spiritual exercise meant to draw our attention to the role of the heart in discernment. We hope you will be blessed by Ben's thoughtful unpac...