Word Made Flesh

won’t you celebrate with me (Lucille Clifton) won’t you celebrate with me what i have shaped into a kind of life? i had no model. born in babylon both nonwhite and woman what did i see to be except myself? i made it up here on this bridge between starshine and clay, my one hand [...]

Sarah has served with WMF in the US, Nepal and Kolkata, India from 1999-present. Her article appeared in The Cry, vol. 8, no. 1 (Spring 2002).  I cut nails for a living. I take the hands and feet of the sweet women of Kolkata into my hands and cut their nails. It is simple and [...]

Chris has served with WMF in Chennai, India and the US from 1993 to the present. His article appeared in The Cry, vol. 6, no. 1 (Spring 2000). We were playing soccer in a park when I first met Juan. Actually, he wasn’t playing with us, but he did run through the middle of the [...]

Daphne served with WMF in Romania and the US from 1998 to 2009. Her article appeared in The Cry, vol. 6, no. 2 (Summer 2000). A journal excerpt dated October 23, 1999: “Am baut prea mult,” is one of the few things I understand Mr. Munteanu saying as he greets me with a slurred hello, [...]

David Chronic has served with WMF in Romania from 1997 to the present. His article appeared in The Cry, vol. 6, no. 2 (Summer 2000). When I committed to Word Made Flesh in 1997, I was one of six people on staff. We have since seen tremendous growth in the mission both in terms of [...]

Matt served with WMF in Romania and Nepal from 2000 to 2005. His article appeared in The Cry, vol. 8, no. 4 (Winter 2002). How do we breathe life into the mundane? I muddle through this question every day as I work as a server in a restaurant. Five days a week, I take food [...]

David Chronic has served with WMF in Romania from 1997 to the present. His article appeared in The Cry, vol. 7, no. 1 (Spring 2001). I was savoring the smell of fresh-made coffee in the kitchen when the doorbell rang. I winced through the peephole, not expecting anyone at such an early hour. The hallway [...]

Chris has served with WMF in Chennai, India and the US from 1993 to the present. His article appeared in The Cry, vol. 9, no. 3 (Fall 2003). Submission comes hard for me, but four young girls in Sierra Leone have taught me how to celebrate it. Their lives are a tragic tale of forced [...]

Monica Klepac served with WMF in Romania from 2000 to 2009. Her article appeared in The Cry, vol. 8, no. 2 (Summer 2002). The sun warmed my face and I frowned. I didn’t want it to be this nice, to be the kind of weather you enjoy. The May sunshine and breeze were abrasive to [...]