Podcasts

Check out our list of podcasts below. You can listen to them here, and they are available on iTunes or directly from our podcast feed.

Phileena Heuertz: PTM 2008 Plenary: From Care to Contemplation

17 June 2010
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Phileena Heuertz: PTM 2008 Plenary: From Care to Contemplation

Sunday. Beggars Society: Sex-trafficking series, part 1: Local

10 June 2010
Mandy Mowers

Sex-trafficking series, part 1: Local
Hidden in Plain Sight: Prostitution in Nebraska, a short film
Talkback speakers: Abra Poindexter, CMSW, LMHP & Megan Smith, MS, LMHP, LPC
Video
Audio
Links/Resources that may be helpful:
Learn more from Melissa Farley and Prostitution Research on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/FBfarley
10 reasons not to legalize prostitution
Lola Greene Baldwin Foundation for Recovery
Standing Against Global Exploitation (SAGE)
Mary Magdalene Project
Sari [...]

Beggars Society this Sunday with Chris Heuertz

6 April 2010
Marcia Ghali

Video of the Talk Back
Audio of the Talk Back
Open House Book Signing 5 - 7 pm
Author Talk Back 7 - 8 pm
In our anonymous and dehumanized world, the simple practice of friendship is radically countercultural. But sometimes Christians inadvertently marginalize and objectify the very ones they most want to serve.
In the book [...]

Beggars Society: Kathy Kelly

14 March 2010
Mandy Mowers

Sunday, March 14
7pm (central)
Listen to the podcast.
Watch WMF Peru’s intro video.

to beggar’s society with love from lima from Word Made Flesh on Vimeo.
Beggars Society is a monthly advocacy meeting of Word Made Flesh, a Christian non-profit organization serving Jesus among the poor.
Kathy Kelly co-ordinates Voices for Creative Non-violence,
She and her companions at the Voices home [...]

Beggars Society: Human Trafficking, Film Kavi

12 February 2010
Mandy Mowers

Date: Sunday, February 14, 2010
Time: 7:00pm
Location: 1011 Leavenworth St.
Phileena Heuertz shared about her recent field visit (with Chris Heuertz and Liz Ivkovich) to Romania and Moldova. Chris introduced Oanh Heiser, our new Development Coordinator. And Marcia Ghali introduced the theme of human trafficking and the film Kavi.
Check out that audio, and please see the Oscar-nominated [...]

Beggars Society: Joe Gerstandt

11 January 2010
Mandy Mowers

Joe Gerstandt shared with us ideas about inclusion, diversity and stereotypes.
Watch the video or listen to the podcast.

Holiday Beggars Society

22 November 2009
Mandy Mowers

We have audio (part 1 & part 2) and video if you missed this great meeting.
Tuesday, Nov. 24th at 7 p.m.
Holiday Beggars Society
(replacing regularly scheduled November & December meetings)
Join us at the Word Made Flesh chapel for a special holiday worship service led by Aaron Strumpel. Families welcome!
1011 Leavenworth St.
Omaha, NE 68102
For admission, bring $3 [...]

Beggars Society explores ecumenicism

10 September 2009
Marcia Ghali

WMF staff Mandy Mowers and Liz Ivkovich shared personal reflections on what it means to live in an ecumenical community of service.
If you missed it, check out the video or audio.

Zach Williams audio

10 August 2009
Mandy Mowers

Zach Williams’ beautiful, soulful music and witty musings filled the WMF chapel Sunday, August 9, 2009, at our Beggars Society meeting.
Please see or hear what you missed!
http://www.zachwilliams.com/
More about Beggars Society.

Beggars Society: July 14, 2009: Life and service among the poor

13 July 2009
Mandy Mowers

We heard from Father Ron Whitmer, who is the priest of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, on service and mission in Omaha. Then Paul and Ana Rase, WMF missionaries in Romania, shared about their life and service among the poor.
Check out our video and audio from the event!