Communities aren’t static

Letter From the Acting Editor

The Cry Vol 15 No 2.7

June Newsletter

April 2009

December 2008

April 2008

This year the ministry is taking some exciting steps! It feels as if there has been much simmering beneath the surface and soon we are just gonna burst open!

The best-laid schemes

Going Back

June 2007

May 2007 Prayer Letter

Easter Ravioli

April 2007

Sorrow to Joy, Suffering to Peace

On Christmas: Darkest Night of the Year

Darkest Night of the Year. It’s the title of Over the Rhine’s Christmas album, but the words themselves seem to be the mantra to which I walk as I pass in and out of brothel doors. Every time I enter these places, I have let my eyes adjust to the dim red glow of the interior; I have tried to block out the mixed smell of alcohol, sex and urine; I have swallowed the never-dulling shock and disgust of passing an exiting client as I make my way toward one of my friends. Tonight somehow feels different, darker in a way that didn’t seem possible before…

La Noche Más Oscura del Año

Al son de “Noche de paz” cantamos: “Noche de amor, noche de paz.” Se siente casi irónico. ¿Cómo puedo cantar al amor y la paz en este lugar donde se profanan las más bellas expresiones de amor…

Broken Glass

June 2006

Living in Bolivia sometimes feels like my grandparent’s house. Bolivians save everything, because anything can be fixed. A few weeks ago one of our staff asked me about a broken plate of glass we had been holding in storage. “I think it’s still there,” I replied, learning a few days later the reason for her question.

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