What is Coracles and how do the monthly reflections work?
The name Coracles is taken from the small boats made of hide and strong branches used by some of the early Celtic Christian saints of old when going on missions of mercy and evangelism. These reflections are, in a sense, small boats which tie our community together in the seasonal rhythms of life and in our individual and collective missions of mercy and evangelism. They are designed to introduce the main themes of the Church calendar over a two-year period, as well as the stories in the Bible that we consider essential to our life as Christians in an ever-changing 21st century world. The seasonal rhythms of the year are connected to us both in the Church calendar and in creation – in the seasons that mark the passages of time throughout the year. These reflections create a framework outlining the larger canvas of a person’s and a community’s life where the Holy Spirit paints an on-going and unique expression of the Lord’s work.
