Chris Heuertz

An activist, author, visionary and public speaker, Christopher L. Heuertz has traveled with his wife, Phileena, through nearly 70 countries working with the most vulnerable of the world's poor—Roma (gypsies), children with AIDS, prostituted women and girls, recovering drug addicts, children on the streets, unreached people and refugees. Chris has led the Word Made Flesh community as the International Executive Director since 1996. He and Phileena reside in Omaha, Nebraska.

Gospel

Friendship Evangelism

A Betrayal of Friendship

Become friends with people, share the gospel with them, and pray that they respond. It beats shouting through a bullhorn or handing out tracts. Is it possible, though, that it's still a betrayal of what Jesus taught us?

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Government

The War, the Wall, and the Well

Three symbols of America's enduring struggles

Martin Luther King, Jr. named three sins of our nation that were intrinsically complicit in fueling a pre-civil rights America: militarism, racism and materialism. Chris Heuertz argues that in post-civil rights America, we are wading through the murky waters of the same sins MLK named, and they are being realized in three symbols: the war, the wall and the well.

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Government

A Post-bin Laden Reflection on Violence

This past weekend Osama bin Laden was assassinated, shot in the head, in what no doubt was an awful, bloody mess. But as Chris Heuertz started sifting through the Tweets and Facebook status updates from his friends, many of them self-proclaimed Christians, he wasn’t sure what to make of the celebration. He wonders where to find the peacemakers whom Jesus called "blessed."

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Gospel

Becoming Weaker

How do we celebrate vulnerabilities? How do we receive limitations as gifts? Watch this Q exclusive video of Jean Vanier, founder and visionary of L’Arche, who inspires us all to live faithful lives in the ordinary and undramatic vocations of love.

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Gospel

The End Of Suffering

Be challenged as Chris Heuertz describes the sources of poverty in our world and how believers can embrace their role to become the beginning to the end of suffering.

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Restorers

Recovering Identity: A Sign of Restoration

One of the most compelling projects managed by our community, Word Made Flesh, is a small business initiative called Sari Bari.

Sari Bari's website states:

Sari Bari, a business initiative, seeks the freedom and restoration of Kolkata's red-light areas through dignity-giving employment opportunities for women affected by the sex trade.

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Church

What Do We Mean by "Prophetic"?

Go to most Western Christian bookstores, and you will encounter countless titles claiming to have a prophetic message or a handle on explaining prophecy. Competing extremes claim that the prophetic is qualified by the supernatural and miraculous, or that the prophetic is very grave and ominous with a harsh message and merciless tone.There is a crisis in our contemporary understanding of the prophetic...

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Science + Tech

Would Mother Teresa Have Used Twitter?

As a young man I had no idea that my 12-15 personal meetings with Mother Teresa would mean so much to who I’ve become. Her time, attention and thoughtful words still echo in my memory, often guiding me as I seek to remain faithful to my vocation.

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