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…
August 2012
Dear Friends and Family, Greetings from sunny, warm Moldova! We are enjoying a cooler day and thanking God for the rain that fell yesterday on our dry, parched land. We have been watching the news lately with threats of the end of our water supply and crops that are failing to thrive due to the…
The Cry – for Community (vol. 18 no. 2)
Read through this issue of The Cry, focused on lifestyle celebration of community. [gview file=”https://wordmadeflesh.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Community-Summer-2012.pdf” width=”100%” height=”900px” save=”1″]
July 2012
Dear Friends and Family, Two weeks ago (I write this on June 15), our kids celebrated the last day of the school year. Dressed in their best for the final ceremony, they recited poems, sang songs and thanked their teachers for the days of learning that are now behind them. We were proud of the…
June 2012
Dear Friends and Family, We’ve had a great month, but first, since weather is a topic oft-discussed, we’ll begin with that. It’s been HOT here, I mean, July or August hot, and it started back in mid-April. We’re still trying to recover from the quick spring and adjust to the summer weather. On May 7th…
Job Posting: Servant Team Coordinator, Sierra Leone
Servant Team Coordinator – Oversee North American short term staff – Provide logistical support to fielding, training, and supervising short term North American staff – Serve as part of the local team committed to working alongside and among the poor – Participate in raising personal and general funding for the work – Currently seeking a…
Praying for the Langley's Sabbatical
Dear friends, With much happiness I would like to share with you that on Thursday, June 28th, the community of Word Made Flesh (i.e., Palabra Hecha Hombre) celebrated an important time of prayer and reflection with our friends Brian and Rachel Langley. After 12 years of service to the youth of Lima and to our…
July Update
Dear Friends, Greetings from Lima! We are full of joy as we write, knowing that the work that God is doing in us, in each and every circumstance, is part of a good and perfect plan “hidden with Christ in God.” (Colossians 3:3). This month our sabbatical is starting, and we have been transitioning into…
The Shape of Community
by Bernie Willock Jesus continues to call me deeper and deeper into various expressions of “being with” other people. However, my longing for meaningful friendships is often at tension with my cultural predisposition for individual autonomy. The call to community consistently challenges my commitment to master conflict and stay with others, to remain open, vulnerable…
Sharing Mate
A few afternoons a week our WMF Argentina community spends time with children, youth and young adults who live and/or work the busiest downtown train station and transportation hub in Buenos Aires. Hundreds of thousands of people pass through the Retiro station every day. Because of this, many youth and young adults living in situations…
Playtime Communion
His eyes bear the weight of a lifetime: a lifetime of neglect and of abuse and of a million unmet longings to be noticed. My gaze is fixed on his bony, 11-year-old body as he bounds toward me, his crooked smile bringing the slightest relief to those tired eyes. He holds out his hand, long…