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 Cry for Submission: Letter from the Editor by Emily Fales
Fast Day Prayer: WMF Omaha
Please join us in prayer for: -New staff coming in the next few months -Transitions in roles -Board meeting -Our newly learned communication styles
Recycle your education: Donate your textbooks
Recycle your education: Give your textbooks – change a story. Do more with your textbooks Selling your textbooks back this semester? Why not donate them and give the proceeds to a good cause? The concept is simple: Donate your textbooks and help fund the programs and opportunities of Word Made Flesh. Word Made Flesh is…
Pickled Watermelon. April 2010.
Did you know that you can pickle watermelon? Yes, yes, you can and I have eaten it. At first pickled watermelon looks kind of squishy and rotten but then you taste it and yum! Surprisingly good. Now imagine pickled watermelon and some mystery meat in gravy and a grainy mashed potato-esque substance and this is…
Harrell February Prayer Letter
February 1, 2010 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp…
Harrell March Prayer Letter
March 1, 2010 Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. -Mark Twain Hello Friends and Family! How are you…
Harrell April Prayer Letter
April 1, 2010 Here on Mount Zion the LORD Almighty will prepare a banquet for all the nations of the world—a banquet of the richest food and the finest wine. Here he will suddenly remove the cloud of sorrow that has been hanging over all the nations. The Sovereign LORD will destroy death forever! He…
Interview with Chris Heuertz
Marcia Ghali interviews Chris Heuertz about his new book, Friendship at the Margins, co-authored with Christine Pohl. See Chris at Beggars Society this Sunday. Chris Heuertz discusses Friendship at the Margins from Word Made Flesh on Vimeo.
Beggars Society this Sunday with Chris Heuertz
Video of the Talk Back Audio of the Talk Back Open House Book Signing 5 – 7 pm Author Talk Back 7 – 8 pm In our anonymous and dehumanized world, the simple practice of friendship is radically countercultural. But sometimes Christians inadvertently marginalize and objectify the very ones they most want to serve. In…
Forcatto April Prayer Letter
April 1, 2010 Dear Friends and Family, Our summer was really great. Apart from our regular work schedule, our days were filled with swimming in the girls little pool at home, Cora’s swim lessons, going to parks, getting away on a couple of occasions to Rosario (a city 3 hours north of Buenos Aires), swimming…
April Prayer Letter
April 2010 We had Beggars Society last night, March 14th. Beggars Society, for those who have not had an opportunity to attend one, is a monthly meeting we hold in the WMF office. It is a place to learn, have conversation, ask questions and simply engage in dialogue on all things related to social…