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
Capacity to Serve
Service is an extremely familiar word in our vocabularies, as it has some kind of importance for each one of us. I am not going to simply define the word service, rather I am going to talk about service from my perspective and experience of the last twelve years spent ministry among elderly Aamas (mothers).…
Center of Gravity
Greetings from Omaha! We want to share an important update with you. Last fall Word Made Flesh celebrated its 20th anniversary. It has been one of our greatest privileges to serve with the community for 18 of those years. The work WMF does and the communities we have formed inspire us. We marvel at the…
A Time for Everything
[section bg=”#eee” title=”” padding=”30px 40px 30px 40px” parallax_text=”0″ parallax=”0″ margin=”30px”] Posted by WMF International Office | August 19, 2020 (Addendum to original 2012 post) [divider] Word Made Flesh is committed to ongoing listening, learning, and taking action to continue organizational progress of facilitating healthy and safe settings (structures and systems) for all staff and for…
Winter Letter from the Editor
The only thing constant in life is change. Which means that we are eternally bound in incredible rhythms and cycles of growth, challenge, change and the deeper, robust coming again to see the face of God afresh in all that we do. This issue not only marks the brisk change in temperature that marks the…
December 2012
Dear Friends and Family, It’s mid-November and we’re enjoying a lovely fall full of green vegetables, bright orange pumpkins and more honey than we could ever ask for. We’ve enjoyed going for walks through the city, checking out an organic farmer’s market that has recently opened and visiting a beautiful park that the city has…
December 2012 Prayer Letter
December 2012 Dear Friends, Much has happened since I last sent a letter through regular mail. First of all, my email letters continue to receive a good response. There are always a good number of people that write back with short comments or to let me in on a little bit of what’s happening in…
Noah Tullay's Prayer Letter
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted…
Faith is a bird that sings while the dawn is still dark.
December, 12 “Faith is a bird that feels dawn breaking and sings while it is still dark.” (Rabindranath Tagore) Dear Friends and Family, Greetings of peace, joy and hope to you this advent season. Thank you so much for your love, prayers and generous support which enables us to seek justice and practice…
Introducing Ansuman Bangura
November 15, 2012 Don’t you know that those who work in the temple get there food from the temple and those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar? In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.…
Photos
This month I want to share some photos from art class and from my trip to the States. Enjoy! see message here.