Word Made Flesh is a contemplative community. One of the ways that we contemplate what God is doing in the world and in our lives is through the reflection articles that we write. We invite you to read, learn, and celebrate with us.
Sharing the Gospel starts with Listening by Alafia Cole
Simplicity of a Child’s Desire (As Featured in The Cry)
by Jennifer Seo Ney, Field Director, WMF Sierra Leone This past March Steve and I were overjoyed to welcome a baby boy Nathaniel into our lives as our foster son – and hopefully our adopted son in a few months. It has been an adjustment to be a family of three, but overall Nathaniel has…
Service by Chasing after the Lost Sheep
Growing up as a child in Sierra Leone, I always had in mind that I would love to work for an organization that works with children and youth. I am very passionate about working with children, because there is nothing better than seeing a child’s face light up each time they learn something new. As…
Watch the 2020 Word Made Flesh Intl. Virtual Gala!
The #WMFBluegrassGala is now viewable! As it so happened, the president-elect’s acceptance speech coincided with the Bluegrass Gala premiere. In case you missed it, you can watch it now by clicking “Watch the Gala.” The first 35 minutes is a Gala Preview. The program itself begins at the 35 minute mark. Celebrate with us the global impact…
Nurturing Hope through the Creative Arts
Alternative 2020: A creative arts campaign to nurture hope in children and adolescents The COVID-19 pandemic has brought harmful consequences to the global population. Notably, the widely felt public health, economic and mental health crises affect vulnerable populations in even more acute ways. Peru’s children and adolescents have been forced to adapt to a new…
Prayer of Blessing
We had included this reflection in a monthly newsletter to our staff but wanted to make it available to friends of Word Made Flesh as well. Thank you for partnering with WMF and being a part of God’s work to bring healing, hope, and peace to our neighbors in need around the world. Greetings at…
Life Together | Staff Stories – Andrea Baker
By Andrea Baker Executive Director, WMF Bolivia “Community… grows from [knowing] that we are alive not for ourselves, but for one another.” — Henri J.M. Nouwen Our bodies jerk as we stop and start for each passenger along the road. It’s a bustling morning as cholitas with their pleated skirts and shawls climb in with babies…
A View of an Invisible Reality
“Then Jesus turned toward the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see her?” Luke 7:44a “I never knew there was something like this [sexual exploitation] so close to us. I didn’t know these things happened here,” says a visitor. We hear these kinds of statements frequently when someone comes to Word Made Flesh Bolivia…
Mirada a una Realidad Invisible
Y volviéndose hacia la mujer, le dijo a Simón: ¿Ves esta mujer? Lucas 7:44 “Jamás pensé que existía algo así tan cerca de nosotros. Pensé que estas cosas no pasaban aquí”, dice un visitante que llega a la fundación. Esta es una afirmación que escuchamos muy frecuentemente cada que alguien viene a La Palabra Hecha…
Resilience & Joy | Staff Stories – Emma Crocker
By Emma Crocker WMF Sierra Leone When I arrived in Sierra Leone for an internship in 2016, I felt peace like never before. I fell in love with Kroo Bay, with the Word Made Flesh staff here, and with how the gospel is in motion everyday in the small moments and little things that everyone…
Relentless Hope
The world has changed for all of us in this last season. Rampant racial injustice and a global pandemic have profoundly marked our lives; and if they haven’t, we have much reason to ask “why.” Each of us has lived this season in different ways, and walking alongside survivors of sexual exploitation in Bolivia has…