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The Deal God Never Made: The Story of Bob Pierce
By PortalBot • August 23, 2020

Biographical story of Bob Pierce, founder of World Vision and then Samaritan's Purse. Cautions about imbalance in ministry over family.

By: Dennis Pollock

Working with Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic
By PortalBot • August 23, 2020

For many clients, the COVID-19 virus has ignited the flames of anxiety. And for those who already struggle with anxiety it’s pouring fuel on the fire. Problem is, many of our go-to strategies for r...

What is Moral Injury - The Moral Injury Project – Syracuse University
By PortalBot • August 23, 2020

 

Moral injury is the damage done to one's conscience or moral compass when that person perpetrates, witnesses, or fails to prevent acts that transgress one's own moral beliefs, valu...

Cross-Cultural Workers
By PortalBot • August 23, 2020

Dr. Ron Koteskey and his wife Bonnie are volunteering their time to provide mental health resources for cross-cultural workers around the world. As part of this service they have developed a series...

GIST-T (Global Initiative for Stress and Trauma Treatment)
By PortalBot • August 23, 2020

The GIST-T project intends to help expand current efforts to scale up trauma treatment. Its initial focus has been on frontline workers—humanitarian aid workers and peace operations pe...

Belonging Everywhere & Nowhere: Insights into Counseling the Globally Mobile
By PortalBot • August 23, 2020

Bushong, a licensed marriage and family therapist, delves into this previously, unexplored world of how to effectively counsel clients raised outside of their parents' home culture. The readers wil...

Missionary Member Care: An Introduction - Missionary Care
By PortalBot • August 23, 2020

Ron and Bonnie Koteskey have developed a wide range of missionary care and mental health resources which they offer as free downloads.

By: Ron and Bonnie Koteskey

What Missionaries Need to Know About Burnout and Depression
By PortalBot • August 23, 2020

Isolation, burnout, and depression are reality factors for people everywhere. They may be aggravated by the stresses of living overseas.  This book should be a help to all who read it -- espec...