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…
April Folkertsma – Mar. 3, 2008
Dear Friends and Family: I’m officially on my way to Romania! On March 11 I fly out of LAX for Bucharest where I’ll be met by some of the Word Made Flesh community before we make the late-night drive to Galati. You may remember from my previous letter that I write these letters about 2…
April Folkertsma – Mar. 1, 2008
Dear Friends and Family, It’s a funny thing to write a letter you will receive in March when today is February 14. Mostly the letters I send are written 2 weeks before they are mailed and, as you know, much can happen in 2 weeks. When I last wrote I thought it probable that I…
Andrew Ulasich – Mar. 1, 2008
Dear Friends, When you receive this letter I will finally be in Nepal. As I write now, though, I am sitting in central California with green hills to my back, and my eyes locked on the waves crashing against the beautiful coast. The high today is 68 degrees. Are you Midwesterners jealous? My time here…
Vol. 14, No. 1 Submission (Spring 2008)
Vol. 14, No. 1 Submission (Spring 2008)
March Prayer Letter
Dear Family and Friends, This is my first prayer letter of 2008, so I want to begin by saying that I hope that your Christmas and New Year were exciting, fun, full of Love and Joy as you celebrated the birth of our Savior. I spent Christmas and the New Year eating and watching…
The odor of death
March 2008 Easter on the Orthodox Church calendar falls at the end of April this year, which has caused a little confusion for me as I think about observing a season of Lent. My Western calendar says I should have begun early in February, but that would mean two and a half months of observing…
My Possessions.
My Dear Friends, Recently I was looking through my pictures from my Servant Team in 2005. We all look so different, me especially because I decided while I was there to dread my hair (thanks to the wonderful help of Julie and Jesse- my teammates!). If you saw me sometime around then you know what…
New Monasticism, New Friars and The Third Order
February 15 2008 To Our Dear Friends & Family, Let me first say a big thank you for all of your love and support during Chris and my sabbatical. We had an amazing 5 months of rest last year beginning with our pilgrimage in May and continuing at the Center for Reconciliation at Duke Divinity…
Looking to Sierra Leone
2/14/08 Dear Friends and Family, Vivian (the cat) along with the free wireless internet moved out of my building in December marking a new, unplugged phase of life in Omaha. Lately, I have watched PBS instead of network television online, read books instead of blogs, and used cookbooks instead of online recipe sites. At work…
March 2008 Prayer Letter
March 1, 2008 Dear Friends and Family, One of our desires for this year is to be more intentional about how we care for you, our sending and prayer team. After all, you do so much to care for our family and many of the lives we are intimately connected with here in Argentina. One…