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…
The Cry – for Simplicity (vol. 19, no.1)
Read through this issue of The Cry, focused on lifestyle celebration of simplicity. [gview file=”https://wordmadeflesh.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/TheCry_Spring2013_DigitalLoRes.pdf” width=”100%” height=”900px” save=”1″]
Invitation to Alafia's Prayer Letter
Hi Brethren, I am pleased to share with you the good things God is doing through our Lighthouse youth program. Every Thursday evening we have our Lighthouse discipleship program to help train and encourage our youth with good morals. We are looking at specific topics that will help to challenge the lives of our youth,…
April 2013
Dear Friends and Family, In Moldova there are two holidays celebrated at the beginning of March: the first day of spring (March 1) and International Women’s Day (March 8). In honor of these days, we spent the last day of February at a local high school selling spring-themed greeting cards made by the adolescents in…
Celebrating Five Years in Argentina!
April 2013 “Every breath we draw is a gift of God’s love, every moment of existence is a grace, for it brings with it immense graces from God. Gratitude therefore takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder and to praise of the goodness of God. For the grateful person…
March Update 2013
Dear friends, I am so grateful and I feel so blessed to have you near and to know that you pray for God’s work. Thank you for the time you set aside to think of us, of the Word Made Flesh Community in Galati, Romania. I am happy to finally be able to enjoy spring.…
March 2013
“Every child is an artist, the problem is staying an artist when you grow up.” – Pablo Picasso Dear Friends and Family, T., one of the 6th grade boys who comes to my (John’s) group at the after-school program, is especially fond of origami. We spend Thursday afternoons, while my other boys are working in…
February 2013
Dear Friends and Family, We hope the New Year greeted you well as you said your goodbyes to 2012. We are grateful for this past year and all that it has brought us: joy, wisdom, new beginnings and exciting developments in our program with the children. We look ahead to 2013 for more of these…
Esperar
September 2012 “I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope.” Psalm 130:5 “We’re closing down Suti Sana,” we announced to the women. A barrage of outraged cries and looks of disbelief confronted us as we sat around the table, trying to lay out our…
Sabbatical and my dear old Dad
August 2012 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 I couldn’t have imagined my 30th year would be so life-changing. Welcoming our gorgeous daughter to this blue planet was thrilling,…
Ariana Tales
May 2012 On January 18th, I left my doctor’s office discouraged. I was more than a week overdue, and our daughter showed no inclination of leaving the comfortable warmth of my belly. But I wanted to go into labor naturally, so I took another long walk with my mom (our daily routine since she…