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
Praying together on October 1st
The Word Made Flesh community has traditionally set aside two days per month, the 1st and the 15th, to pray and fast for those who are vulnerable and in poverty, for our communities, and for the church. This coming month on October 1st, we are setting the day aside to pray specifically for the Word…
Becoming a Contemplative Activist
Click here to read this article published in Immerse Magazine
Painting and Prep
See my September update here
Patient Trust
Patient Trust Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We should like to skip the intermediate stages. We are impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new. And yet it is the law of all progress that…
Cemetery at the Margins of Galati
Our community practices remembering: remembering the forgotten, the marginalized and the lost. This past summer a group of students from George Fox University spent a few weeks serving with us in Galati, Romania. One afternoon we visited a cemetery on the periphery of our city where many of our kids have been buried. Sadly, many of their…
September 2012
Dear Friends and Family, As I write this letter (on August 15) we are just over two weeks away from the beginning of the school year. The summer has passed by incredibly quickly, but we look ahead to the school year with hope. What We’ve Been Up To This Month Over the past few weeks…
September 2012 Prayer Letter
September 2012 Dear Friends, The majority of you folks that receive this letter through regular mail are also on my email list. There are few holdouts, however, so I’ll reiterate here what I’ve already said in my email letters. For at least the next year or so I’ll be sending out a prayer letter through…
10 Year Anniversary
August 9, 2012 Dear Family and Friends, Greetings of grace, hope, and peace to you. Thank you so much for your generous faithfulness to Word Made Flesh Sierra Leone. Your sacrificial giving and prayers have helped to support many children in the Kroo Bay vicinity and youth coming off the streets. On behalf of the…
September 2012 Prayer Letter
September 2012 Dear Friends & Family, A lot has happened since our last letter. WMF is going through quite a bit of healthy transition. After nearly 20 years of leading the WMF movement, Chris & I have decided to step down & make room for new, fresh vision. WMF is at an important turning point—reform…
May 2012 Prayer Letter
Dear Friends, Greetings from Omaha. We want to share an important update with you. Early in May we announced our transition out of the leadership of Word Made Flesh. For a few years now we’ve needed a change and believe WMF has needed a change as well. Over the past few months we have been…