Word Made Flesh

June 2009 Prayer Letter
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By Jean Vanier
In 1976, we welcomed Claudia into our l’Arche community in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. She was seven years old, blind and suffering from severe autism. We found her in a local asylum where she had been abandoned as a child. When she arrived in l’Arche, she used to scream a lot; she was totally confused; [...]

By Dr. Samuel Kamaleson
We are created for community. Relationship constitutes the core of redemption. St. Paul writing to Timothy about his gifted role in transforming mission reminds him about the Holy Spirit’s ability to heal us from the fear of people: “For the Holy Spirit, God’s gift, does not want you to be afraid of [...]

By Viv Grigg
Is Word Made Flesh a Protestant order among the poor? In Protestant Mission Societies: The American Experience, Dr. Ralph Winter argues that mission structures are equivalent functionally to Catholic orders. Protestant orders are built around core values that resemble those of the early phases of Catholic orders. With the emergence of new Protestant [...]

We welcomed Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove for April’s Beggars Society, WMF’s monthly advocacy meeting in Omaha. Jonathan is an author of several books and is a leading voice in the New Monastic movement—a way of living in community that seeks to represent the Kingdom of God. In his community house, The Rutba House, in Durham, NC, Jonathan [...]

WMF “Position Papers” do not necessarily represent the opinions of the entire WMF community, but seek to articulate alternative positions on issues of mission and spirituality. The starting points for these papers are the WMF identity statements and WMF’s commitment to living out these principles in daily life and ministry.
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We always pray for you, and we give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all of God’s people.
Colossians 1:3-4

Hello Friends,
Wow, as I was preparing to write this month’s support letter, I realized that it [...]