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The Cry for Submission: Letter from the Editor by Emily Fales
The Cry Vol 16 No 2 . 6
The perfect wait By April I’m not perfect. That’s not only a confession. It’s a statement. A truth. A foundation. A starting point. The other day I was making tortillas (don’t be too impressed; I love Mexican food and the only way I can eat a semi-authentic taco in Romania is if I make…
Letter from the Editor
As you probably know, each issue of The Cry is based on one of our nine Lifestyle Celebrations. These are tenets we live by, spiritual disciplines we explore in community. These Celebrations are a helpful guide for reflection for our staff, and The Cry is one form of that. In this issue (and there are…
Beggars Society August 8: Phileena
Audio August 8 · 7:00pm – 9:00pm Join us for our Author Series with Phileena Heuertz. Heuertz will share about her recently released book and be available to sign books. Since the beginning of her service with Word Made Flesh, Heuertz has been an important international voice on issues of social justice, gender equality and…
a camping we will go
I’m just back in Moldova from my trip across the Atlantic. First and foremost I want to give a shout out to all my friends at Byfield Parish. I am so sorry that I did not get to see you this summer! I was planning to visit on the first Sunday in July, but that…
Developing Mature Communities
WMF Staff Gathering – July 13, 2010 Audio of this talk When I was asked to share about developing mature communities, Paul (Rase) reminded me of a book we read together called “Emotionally Healthy Spirituality.” It has some guidelines that help you place yourself on your maturity level, and I arrived at adolescent, so I’m…
Phileena featured on Catholic Comments
Ministry to the Most Vulnerable This week’s guest is Phileena Heuertz, one of the directors of Word Made Flesh, an international community serving Christ among the most vulnerable of the world’s poor. In the interview, Phileena discusses the origins of her ministry, her love for the poor, and her journey to Catholicism. She is the…
August 2010
Dear Friends and Family, I write this letter as I am traveling to Omaha, Nebraska for our US Staff Gathering (July 12-22) where we will be spending intentional time together discussing and dreaming and sharing about our respective lives and work with WMF. I look forward to updating you all about this time next month!…
August 2010 Prayer Letter
August 2010 Dear Friends, Greetings from Omaha! As I write this Ana and I have been back in the big O for one week. Later today we will drive down to Nebraska City to start our 10-day retreat with all the other Word Made Flesh workers from the U.S. Our time thus far with family…
August '10 Thada Prayer Letter
Dear Friends & Family, It’s mid-July and we just arrived back in the U.S. Behind us is a language-school course and a time of adjustment to our new home in El Alto. Ahead is our North American staff retreat in Omaha (10 days) then 3 weeks of traveling and sharing with friends, families, and churches.…
July '10 Thada Prayer Letter
Dear friends and family, We have arrived in El Alto and have found an apartment. We were so excited to have found one so quickly and one with lots of sunlight. Adam has been spending his mornings and evenings checking the high and low temperatures inside and outside. Monday morning, Adam’s shirt that we hung…