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…
From the Executive Director – Intimacy (as Featured in The Cry)
People were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch them; and the disciples spoke sternly to [other translations: “rebuked”] them. But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that…
Over the Long Haul vs. the Quick Save
I was running errands with my daughters when a teenager with a duffel bag swung over his back stopped me and asked if I could spare some change for food. His name was Jesús. Sometimes God isn’t too subtle when He chooses to wrap Himself up in the guise of his suffering children. Jesús was…
From the Editor — Intimacy (as Featured in The Cry)
It is always a humbling experience to publish yet another issue of The Cry, because believing so much in an organization and then getting to in part curate its storytelling content is a true and intimate gift. We receive these stories and go through processes of revision and editing; we lay each page out, choose…
Justice and Creation
by Clint Baldwin, Executive Director 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…
Meet our Staff: Olivia Murphy
Olivia Murphy Short-Term Programs & Marketing Coordinator, Intl. Office, USA Olivia Murphy grew up in Columbus, Ohio and recently moved to Wilmore, Kentucky with her husband as he begins his journey at Asbury Seminary. She recently graduated from Indiana Wesleyan University with a major in Strategic Communications as well as a minor in Urban Ministry. Olivia is serving…
A Hope Still Kept
by Clint Baldwin, Executive Director 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…
Touching the Wounds of the World – WMF Community Updates (As Featured in The Cry)
Update by David Chronic, WMF Director of Operations Word Made Flesh’s lifestyle celebration of suffering continues to be a stumbling block to some and foolishness to others. Still, we commit ourselves to the celebration of suffering. The courage to enter and commune with the suffering and crucifixion of Jesus creates the intrinsic possibility of intimate…
“She Just Disappeared”
Of course it was “Mariela*” who didn’t show up to SutiSana to work, our youngest artisan barely out of her teens, already a mom of her own two children and raising her orphaned brother. Mariela* is everyone’s little sister. Despite the horrific physical and sexual abuse she experienced being the child of generational prostitution and…
Choosing Joy in the Midst of Pain
by Clint Baldwin, Executive Director 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…
Stay Close to the Cracks (As Featured in The Cry)
Stay close to the cracks, To the broken places, where people weep and cry out in pain. Stay close to the cracks, where God’s tears fall, and God’s wounds bleed for love of us. Stay close to the cracks, where the light shines in, and grass pushes up through concrete. Stay close to the cracks,…