Word Made Flesh Blog

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 home behind the old wooden fence…

The home behind the old wooden fence…   We turned onto a broken-down dirt road Passing a large warehouse filled with the ...

May Update 2014

May 9, 2014

Dear partner in prayer, I hope this letter finds you well. Thank you for your support. I have been touched by your prayers so many times. As a community we just finished our annual retreat. I want to share with you a thought that stayed with me after reading Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster,…

May 1, 2014

May 1, 2014

Dear friends and supporters, Greetings from Moldova! We wish you a spring as green, sunny and pleasant as the one we are enjoying here. Our past two letters have been about our transition out of Word Made Flesh and back to the US. Thank you for your emails, encouragement and questions.  Please feel free to…

March 27, 2014

March 27, 2014

Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work, your judgment will be surer, since to remain constantly at work will cause you to lose power of judgment. Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller, and more of it can be taken in…

Application Deadline Extended for Servant Teams

March 17, 2014

The application deadline has been extended for Fall 2014 Servant Team! Now accepting applications until Friday, March 28, 2014.  Where: Argentina or Sierra Leone When: September 1-December 15, 2014 Cost: TBD Application Instructions: Find the Servant Team Application and Servant Team Reference Form here (click on “Apply”) Read the Application Instructions page thoroughly Final application and reference form deadline is March…

Taste and See that the Lord is Good

March 12, 2014

Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him. Psalm 34:8, NIV Trust—this is what I have learned to live and to experience over the course of the four years in which I, along with the children and my colleagues, have been a part of the same…

march 2014

February 25, 2014

I could not have known then that everybody, every person, has to leave, has to change like seasons; they have to or they die. The seasons remind me that I must keep changing, and I want to change because it is God’s way….Everybody has to leave, everybody has to leave their home and come back…

Alafia Cole's Newsletter

February 24, 2014

Mohamed Suma is part of the thirty five youth in the Lighthouse program. Presently he lives with his grandmother in Kroo bay and the grandmother is about eighty years old. Her only source of income is to beg from other family members who are not always in the position to give to her. Mohamed’s father…

Summer Internships Available

February 20, 2014

Word Made Flesh is currently looking for summer interns in the U.S. Office.  Do you have an interest in getting behind-the-scenes, non-profit experience in a supporting role?  Opportunities include event planning, administrative tasks, graphic design, database work, and developing a 6-day Children’s Program for our staff kids. Internships are 20-30 hours a week. Dates are flexible (within…

Dina Conteh's Newsletter

February 17, 2014

The following words from the book<Here and Now> authored by Henri J. M. Nouwen inspires me. He quoted the words of Jesus<set your hearts on God’s kingdom first …… and all other things will be given to you.> It gives me more zeal to do God’s work and the task given to me in Word…

February 2014

January 29, 2014

Dear Friends and Family, From Rachel: This month we write to share with you a perspective from one of our beloved teammates, Annie Keith. Annie has been with our team since the beginning of our community in January 2010. We celebrated our 4-year anniversary on the day she wrote this, January 15th. I (Rachel) was talking…