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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.

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The Cry for Submission: Letter from the Editor by Emily Fales

Submission is a word that provokes significant discomfort for me. When I first saw that this was one of our lifestyle celebrations, ...

march 2012

March 1, 2012

“I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me. But I have calmed myself and quieted my ambitions. I am like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child I am content” (Psalm 131:1-2, TNIV). Dear Friends and Family, Rachel and I are finding ourselves slowly settling into…

More Than We Could Ask or Imagine

February 29, 2012

Can I just say? I’m pretty excited. Today our Canadian website went live, representing some significant work by friends of Word Made Flesh Canada. It’s funny to think that this place in the cloud represents so much work, and yet it’s been folks like Nathan and Daniel at Storyboard Solutions, Darian and Courtney at Love Global, members…

February 2012 Chennai Prayer Letter

February 6, 2012

February News letter

Chennai Updates

February 6, 2012

Updates:January & February 2012 Thank you for reading Chennai India updates. Your concern and support towards the marginalized children of South India has made a great difference in their lives….read on…  1. The kids welcomed the New Year 2012 at Midnight with lots of joy and thanksgiving to the Lord for all that he has done in their lives. On 1st morning…

february 2012

February 1, 2012

Dear Friends and Family, We hope you had a very happy new year celebration. We rung in the new year with college friends in North Carolina and ate a delicious cake after the clock struck midnight to celebrate our one year wedding anniversary. As I write this, it’s the 12th of January and we’ve been…

February 2012 Prayer Letter

February 1, 2012

But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream! -Amos 5:24 Dear Friends,                                                                                              February 2012   As the darkness of winter begins to give way to longer days and warmer weather, I pray you have a very blessed February. Similar to the seasons beginning to change, I feel myself coming…

February 2012

February 1, 2012

We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about the troubles we experienced.. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many. 2 Cor. 1:8-11

February 2012 Prayer Letter

February 1, 2012

February 2012 Dear Friends, This letter marks the end of era.  Ok, that may be a little too dramatic.  As some of you know, I have been writing a monthly letter, every single month, since June of 2002.  In nearly ten years I’ve never missed a month.  Next month, however, you will not receive a…

Identity, Intimacy, and Impact

January 28, 2012

Intimacy with God enables us to maintain a passion for justice and a commitment to living in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in poverty. Intimacy with God opens up the door to intimacy with others. But what is intimacy? Is it emotional? Spiritual? Sexual? Experiential? And is intimacy taught or is it simply a…

Quarterly Report, Fall 2011

January 25, 2012

Here’s an update on some of what’s been keeping us busy!