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Digging in the Dirt: Musings on Missions, Emotions, and Life in the Mud
We like the mountain tops and the sunshine. We like green grass under a clear blue sky. We like victory and breakthrough and answered prayers. But sometimes it rains, the shadows deepen, and life t...
Raising a Family Overseas: Building Connection With Your Family and Host Culture During Transition
"Raising a Family Overseas" fills a huge gap in literature for families in just this situation or getting ready to move forward. It is eminently practical, filled with wisdom gained from experience...
Faith on the Move: A Devotional for MK/TCK Teens in Cross-Cultural Transition
Written specifically for teens who are returning to their passport culture (aka, where their parents are from), this devotional covers a number of important topics related to moving to (or ba...
Grit to Stay Grace to Go Staying Well in Cross-Cultural Ministry
Don't Leave Too Soon, Don't Stay Too Long
Staying isn't always good and leaving isn't always bad. Both require grit and grace. Cross-cultural ministry presents us with ma...
Facing Fear The Journey to Mature Courage in Risk and Persecution
Developing an Anti-Fragile Faith
Violence against Christ-followers is increasing globally. The lived reality for many Christians involves daily threats, risks, and persec...
Essentials for People Care and Development: A Collection of Best Practices, Research, Reflections, and Strategies
Finding, sending, and caring for missionaries has grown increasingly complex for mission leaders and staff. The mission world is more multicultural and global crises seem to be more frequent. And w...
Aftermath Picking Up the Pieces After a Suicide
The unthinkable has happened. Painful. Crushing. Traumatic. Confusing. Complicated. No chance to say good-bye. No final embrace, kiss, or touch. No opportunity to clear the air, ask and give forgiv...
Reading Romans With Eastern Eyes Honor and Shame in Paul's Message and Mission
What does it mean to “read Romans with Eastern eyes”?
Combining research from Asian scholars with his many years of experience living and working in East Asia, Jackson di...
Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes Cultural Studies in the Gospels
Beginning with Jesus' birth, Ken Bailey leads you on a kaleidoscopic study of Jesus throughout the four Gospels. Bailey examines the life and ministry of Jesus with attention to the Lord's Prayer, ...
Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible
What was clear to the original readers of Scripture is not always clear to us. Because of the cultural distance between the biblical world and our contemporary setting, we often bring modern Wester...
TRAUMA y RESILIENCIA: Un Apoyo Efectivo para los que Sirven a Dios (Spanish Edition)
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Edited by: Charles Schaefer, Frauke Schaefer
Also available in English as Trauma & Resiliency: A Handbook