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The Cry for Submission: Letter from the Editor by Emily Fales
Phileena published in Conversations
Check out Phileena’s article “Contemplative Activism: A Transformative Way,” published in Conversations: A Forum for Authentic Transformation contemplation and action volume 8.2 fall | winter 2010
Beggars Society: Mimi Haddad
Mimi Haddad from Christians for Biblical Equality spoke at our October meeting. Listen to the audio. Slavery and Women: How the Early Evangelicals Challenged Gender and Ethnic Prejudice by Mimi Haddad About our Speaker: Dr. Mimi Haddad has served as president of CBE since 2001. Before becoming president, she worked for CBE since 1997 as…
October 2010 Prayer Letter
Dear Family and Friends, As the leaves start to fall, the temperature begins to gradually drop, baseballs are traded in for footballs, and lemonade is replaced with hot chocolate, may the Lord’s choicest blessings be upon you. Greetings from the fine city of Omaha! It’s been a month since you last heard from…
October 2010
Everything in our world pushes us to produce and perform, and we’ve struggled to step out of activity to intentionally seek a season of rest (also very challenging to do with 4 kids!). We are learning to be more patient with ourselves, with God and each other. We are slowly learning to breathe deeply and listen. We are being reminded that our identity does not come from what we do, but rather to Whom we belong. “The Jewish tradition of Sabbath and sabbatical is a time of waiting on, resting in, receiving from and learning to delight in God” (Pilgrimage of a Soul, p 133, Phileena Heuertz). Please pray with us for this time of renewal, as we seek to draw closer to Him, who is the only true giver of Life.
Octombrie 2010
Dear friends, We live excited times! (Matrix) This is the feeling I’ve been experiencing for last few weeks. I remember all the anxiety I went through at the beginning of the summer, with all the changes we are still going through. I realize that the strongest feeling that created anxiety inside me, the one I…
October 2010 Prayer Letter
October 2010 Dear Friends, I can’t believe I forgot to mention something really, really important last month. Last month’s letter was the 100th in a row I had written without missing a month! As some of you know, I’m a fan of comic books, Batman in particular. In the comic book world when an issue…
his eyes
Dear friends, Our hands, feet and hearts have been busy preparing for the start of the school year. We’ve seen God open doors for us at the state boarding school just down the street. Even though the process to shut down these “orphanages” has begun in Moldova there are still thousands of children who have…
Sarah Lance speaking at Eighth Letter in Toronto
The book of Revelation contains seven letters addressed to 1st century congregations struggling to find their identity. Nearly two thousand years later we are asking some of the world’s leading thinkers, people you’ve never heard of and, well…you: what is your message for the Church in North America? Join these folks who will be presenting…
October Prayer Letter
Dear Family and Friends, It was great to see a few of you in July during my short visit to Crestview. It is always encouraging to be home around family and friends. The Staff Gathering was great; it was fun and uplifting to see so many great friends that serve all over the world. In…
October Prayer Letter…Sneak Peek
October 2010 Dear Family & Friends, I returned to Buenos Aires August 31 after two months in the U.S. The month of July included our WMF Staff Gathering in Nebraska, fun times with friends in Omaha, and sweet times in Toronto visiting my sister & crew! August was spent in California with family and friends.…