The Cry for Service — Vol. 23 No. 2
Articles In This Issue
Meet Our Staff
Andy Baker, Regional Coordinator, WMF South America Andy loves family and a good adventure. He’s also passionate about his contribution to world. He believes that an honest faith journey will lead us to look beyond ourselves and consider the needs of others. In 2001, Andy and his wife Andrea moved to Bolivia to serve vulnerable…
Meet Our Staff
Doina Micriucov, WMF Moldova Community Center Nurse /IMPACT Club Coordonator “He led me to a place of safety, for he delights in me.” Psalm 18:19 I was a fifteen-year-old adolescent in the village of my birth when I discovered my heart’s desire to serve among vulnerable children. Back then I did not know the Lord.…
Learn More: On Obedience
As we reflect on this lifestyle celebration, we invite you to explore some of our staff top picks from media and resources that deal with obedience. READ EUGENE PETERSON encourages readers in a society in which we are obsessed with the immediate. Peterson’s time-tested prescription for discipleship remains the same — a long obedience in…
To Trust and Obey
“Until you have given up your self to Him you will not have a real self.” — C. S. Lewis Obedience as I have seen it in my own life can be described as an exercise with meekness that can sometimes bring pain to self but it brings great delight to God. Yet, in the…
The Obedience of Saying Yes (and No)
“I imagine that yes is the only living thing.” — ee cummings The Edge, Inside and Out On a towering rocky precipice high above the sea at the end of the African continent, we looked out over the cacophonous watery expanse, eighteen foot waves marching across the swirling abyss of green and grey. From that…
The Journey of Obedience
As stated in the WMF lifestyle celebrations: “We celebrate obedience as our loving response to the grace of Jesus” Obedience is submitting to what God requires of us. Obedience means doing one’s duty and obeying the command of elders, superiors or authorities. This is the general concept of obedience in the Bible. At Word Made…
Artist Ambassador: Dave Kratzer
Word Made Flesh Artist Ambassadors believe deeply in WMF’s mission of walking in solidarity with and among persons experiencing extreme hardship and vulnerability. Our ambassadors in the practice of their art exemplify the same Spirit in which WMF does its work. They are to us extensions of our community, assisting WMF in enacting the Good…
Learning to Listen & Obey
When I think about obedience* I recall how many times a day I expect my children to obey me. My 16-year-old son ought to do everything I ask immediately and quickly and my 5-year-old daughter should pick up her toys right away. Of course, things don’t go according to my expectations and sometimes nothing happens…
From the Executive Director
Obedience. We can tend to cringe a bit when it’s mentioned. Obedience is a term that carries a whole lot of negative cultural baggage. Throughout history, ranging from the oversight of families to that of nations, people have far too often used the idea of obedience to perpetuate harm on others. The idea of obedience…
From the Editor
Christus factus est pro nobis obediens usque ad mortem, mortem autem crucis. Propter quod et Deus exaltavit illum et dedit illi nomen, quod est super omne nomen. Christ became obedient for us even to the death, death on the cross. Therefore God exalted him and gave him a name which is above all names. During…
From the Executive Director
In a beautifully intimate passage of scripture we read, “As a mother comforts her child, so will I [God] comfort you…” (Isa. 66:13) What could be more intimate than God identifying the Love of God as being like that of a mother who comforts her child? This issue of The Cry focuses on our Word…
From the Editor
Few things hurt more than isolation. I’ve become convinced that in the Kingdom of God, the lifeline that keeps us going is true community — and for that, we need intimacy. The Bible tells us that “in the beginning was the Word.” Long before being made flesh, the Trinity existed eternally in community, dwelling as…
The Cry – for Submission (vol. 20 no. 1)
Read through this issue of The Cry, focused on lifestyle celebration of submission. [gview file=”https://wordmadeflesh.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/WMF_Spring_2014_Final2.pdf” width=”100%” height=”900px” save=”1″]
25 Volumes
Scroll below to see a timeline of The Cry through the years. Reflection by Clint Baldwin, WMF International Executive Director Friends, 25 years! The Cry has been sharing the work of the Lord as embarked upon by Word Made Flesh for 25 years! As C.S. Lewis writes it in his The Last Battle of The Chronicles…
Humility in the “Shark Tank”
“How would you like to win $70,000?” We were initially excited when early 2020 we were asked to pitch SutiSana for a Bolivian version of the reality show Shark Tank, where we would be competing with 99 other Bolivian businesses for a $70,000 prize. Like most businesses, and specifically as a freedom business that employs…
Knowing Each Other by Our Real Names
“No one has ever believed me before.” There is trust in intimacy. “I can’t believe I finally said that out loud…that feels so good!” There is freedom in intimacy. “There are still so many things that are scary and worrying, but I know I can accept God’s peace and love within me.” There is transformation…
The Service of Listening
“Aunty Kristin, Aunty Kristin! I have an assignment… I have a wound… I am not well… I want to talk to you a minute… someone came to see you… can you go visit this sick person… etc.” These interruptions seem to happen on a daily, and even hourly basis. People constantly interrupt the email I…
From the Editor
“Nothing is more deceitful,” said Darcy, “than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.” — Jane Austen, “Pride and Prejudice” I often struggled to “keep myself humble,” which really was nothing more than an attempt at its appearance. After all, humility is one of those virtues…
The Last-Minute Bomb
“The last-minute bomb” is a term affectionately used by therapists. It refers to a common phenomenon in which clients divulge a full-session-worthy topic in the last 30 seconds of a session. In my context as Director of Community Care for Word Made Flesh, I often experience the most honest, intimate conversations when I am doing…
From the Editor
It has been an absolute honor to see The Cry relaunched after a little over a year offline. For Word Made Flesh, this was a year of transition and change, and it is exciting to once again have The Cry moving forward. A year ago, shortly before I graduated from Asbury University in Wilmore, Ky.,…