Why not create a shortcode?
Add the following code to your functions.php and then in your page you can add a loop with various filters
Example shortcode to put in your page: [loop the_query="showposts=10&cat=4"]
function sp_loop_shortcode($atts) {
// Defaults
extract(shortcode_atts(array(
"the_query" => ''
), $atts));
// de-funkify query
$the_query = preg_replace('~�*([0-9a-f]+);~ei', 'chr(hexdec("\\1"))', $the_query);
$the_query = preg_replace('~�*([0-9]+);~e', 'chr(\\1)', $the_query);
// query is made
query_posts($the_query);
// Reset and setup variables
$output = '';
$temp_title = '';
$temp_link = '';
// the loop
if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
$temp_title = get_the_title($post->ID);
$temp_link = get_permalink($post->ID);
// output all findings - CUSTOMIZE TO YOUR LIKING
$output .= "<li><a href='$temp_link'>$temp_title</a></li>";
endwhile; else:
$output .= "nothing found.";
endif;
wp_reset_query();
return $output;
}
add_shortcode("loop", "sp_loop_shortcode");
I have used this method successfully on my sites.