Posts Tagged ‘poverty’

Advent; Week 2

7 December 2009
Liz Ivkovich

Verses:
Malachi 3:1-4
Luke 1:68-79
Philippians 1:3-11
Luke 3:1-6
 
Theme: God arrives in places of poverty in our lives.
 
Prayer:
 ‘Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.’ (NASB)
‘you’re blessed when you’ve lost it all. God’s kingdom is there for the finding…” (The Message)
 
“The gospels paint us beautiful portraits of how Our God comes to us in [...]

What do we mean by ‘Poverty?’

6 May 2009
Chris Heuertz

WMF “Position Papers” do not necessarily represent the opinions of the entire WMF community, but seek to articulate alternative positions on issues of mission and spirituality. The starting points for these papers are the WMF identity statements and WMF’s commitment to living out these principles in daily life and ministry.
Unfortunately, when dealing with the [...]

Author Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove to speak at Omaha Beggars Society

27 March 2009
Marcia Ghali

April 5: We are thrilled to welcome Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove to speak at the Omaha Beggars Society.
Jonathan is an acclaimed author of many books such as Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers (with Shane Claiborne), New Monasticism, Mirror to the Church (with WMF board member Father Emmanuel Katongole), and Free to Be Bound. He is an [...]