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 home behind the old wooden fence…
May 2007 Prayer Letter
Greetings my dear friends and family. Word Made Flesh believes in time around the table. If you've spent much time with me, you know that this is something I appreciate. I love to cook for friends-more so, eat with friends-and I love the fellowship found in those times. It's time you spend facing each…
WMF Peru Community Prayer Letter
Dear friends of WMF Peru, Greetings to all of you in Jesus' precious name! We hope that the reading of this letter finds you trusting in God's love, living and hoping for the sake of God's Kingdom and glory. With this letter we desire to bring you up to date on some recent community developments…
May Prayer Letter
Dear friends and family, Greetings to all of you in Jesus' precious name! Jesus lives! Very soon death “will be swallowed up in victory!” On the first Easter Sunday (April 8), we were at the morning church service with Natalia and Isabel for the first time in awhile because Natalia needs her morning nap right…
Eastertime, Sabbatical and Spiritual Community
9 April 2007 Dear Friends, Eastertime Greetings from Omaha. The season of Lent has made way for Eastertime—the season of purification, making our hearts ready to receive and express more fully the redemption of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Like no other season of the church year, Easter invites us to enter with Jesus into the…
May 1, 2007
May 1, 2007 Dear Friends and Family, In my last prayer letter I wrote about wanting and needing to be part of something big in the world, something that is close to God's heart. I wrote about seeing God's hand in history and how history has changed abruptly because of the obedience of His people.…
Dear friends, As I prepared to write this month's letter, I was tempted to send you a list of statistics because that's much easier than trying to communicate personally about myself. A certain weakness of mine has become very clear to me recently, that I am reluctant to admit my need for help from…
April 2007
Dearest Friends, It has been such a long time since we’ve formerly communicated with you, I’m not even sure where to begin. As you may be aware, we Bolivia Bakers are temporarily living Stateside. In October of last year, our youngest son, Luke (4 months old at the time), began having apneic seizures. After exhausting…
Sorrow to Joy, Suffering to Peace
Wednesday night One of our girls went back to the streets. According to the statistics, this is common. According to the books, girls try to leave prostitution an average of six times before they stay out for good. But the books don't say anything about this feeling I would get when one of them went…
April Prayer Letter
April 1, 2007 Dear Sweet Friends & Family, Whew! What a couple of months it has been since I last wrote you. Our community has experienced many of life's joys and pains in the short time that has passed. There never seems to be a dull moment around here, that's for sure. At times it…
April 2007 Prayer Letter
Dear Family and Friends, We wanted to update you on a few things since Adriana wrote last. The first quarter of this year has been full and exciting. In January and February we had the wonderful privilege of visiting the WMF staff both in Lima, Peru and El Alto, Bolivia. It truly is a blessing…