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.
The Cry for Submission: Letter from the Editor by Emily Fales
April Prayer Letter
April, 11, 2010 Dearest Friends and Family I recently returned from 16 days of intense yoga training. It was an extraordinary experience. Even though I travel the world and find home in some of the roughest, most heart-breaking places on the planet, somehow going to this unfamiliar yoga institute nestled in an isolated beach front…
April 2010
April 2010 “…when Jesus rose again God’s whole new creation emerged from the tomb, introducing a world full of new potential and possibility. Indeed, precisely because part of that new possibility is for human beings themselves to be revived and renewed, the resurrection of Jesus doesn’t leave us as passive, helpless spectators. We find ourselves…
April Prayer Requests ~ Galati, Romania
– ‘A’ and ‘A’, brothers who consistently came to the center for years, have in the last month, dropped in their attendance. We are finding that they are having more and more symptoms of street kids, and would rather skip school and the center to spend time on the street. Please pray that the allure…
April 2010 Prayer Letter
April 2010 Dear Friends, Happy Easter! While I do realize this letter may not reach you before Easter Sunday, I didn’t want to miss the opportunity for us to celebrate our Risen Lord together. He is risen! Happy Easter! I also want to thank you for praying for Ana’s visa situation last month. She had…
Praise: Staff Accountant!
Jeff Swart accepted the position of Staff Accountant. He should in May. We are thrilled to have him join the community!
April Prayer Letter
Dearest Family and Friends, Today began feeling like spring: sun and warmth. Looking up, one could even see some of those light, fluffy clouds against a backdrop of blue sky. As we waited to catch a minibus for a meeting with a pastor in another part of the city, the discussion circled to weather forecasters…
Letter from WMF Argentina
April 2010 “But as you come, come as a new-paradigm missionary. Come as a people who seek to develop bridges of healthy interdependence. Come as a people who build reciprocity into the task of missions. Come as a people who approach the cultures of the world with respect and with humility. Come as a people who…
An Easter Prayer
April 2010 An Easter Prayer (Adapted from The Book of Common Prayer) O God, who for our redemption gave your only begotten Son to death on the Cross, and by his glorious resurrection has delivered us from the power of our enemy: Grant that we who celebrate with joy the day of our Lord’s resurrection,…
On showers and skirmishes
My mind swirled with thoughts as capricious as the waves of the Danube that danced before me. Squinting, I scouted a shady spot for solitude on the bank of the river and tried to shove aside the stubbornly impinging concerns of the previous week. This was my time for rest. I would stop analyzing my…