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Coronavirus: A Book for Children
This multiformat and free guide for young readers defines the coronavirus, explains why everyday routines have been disrupted, and lays out how everyone can do their part to help. With child-a...
Families on the Move: Growing Up Overseas and Loving It
More and more families raise their children abroad. This book helps these parents take their kids through the awkward and frustrating third-culture kid moments.
By: Marion Knell
Miko's Journey
Miko’s Journey is a picture book with a coloring page next to each story page, following the adventure of Miko the chameleon who is moving to a new forest. Miko has to say goodbye to his f...
Tender Care providing pastoral care for God's global servants
The heart and soul of caring for God's scattered servants. Written by "shepherds: for "shepherds" who feel called into a ministry of soul care to God's scattered servants. It provides practical and...
Looming Transitions: Starting and Finishing Well in Cross-Cultural Service
When you go abroad to serve, you’re thinking about the language, the losses,and the excitement. When you return home you’re thinking about your friends and family, the losses, and the relief. Most ...
Off We Go
Children need to be prepared for transitions. This activity book, designed for Third Culture Kids (TCKs) aged between 3 and 8, aims to prepare them for transitions and to make the experience a posi...
Moral Injury Among COVID-19 Health Care Professionals
Interview with Christoph Kröger on COVID-19 social identity and moral injury.
By: Christoph Kröger
Tips for Coping with Grief and Loss During COVID-19
Dr. M. Katherine Shear provides advice and tips for those coping with grief and sudden loss during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By: Dr. M. Katherine Shear
The Uninvited Companion: God's Shaping Us in His Love Through Life's Adversities
As paradoxical as it seems, God in his wisdom has designed the human soul to require sufferings of various kinds in the redemptive process. “Why” is a normal human response to such realities. God i...
Losing Touch: Another Drawback of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Affectionate touches tap into the nervous system’s rest and digest mode, reducing the release of stress hormones, bolstering the immune system, and stimulating brainwaves linked with relaxation.
Tips for parenting a child with special needs during a pandemic
Changes in routine can be especially hard on kids with special needs. Rely on your strengths to guide your family through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: Mayo Clinic
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Fishers of Men (Coming Home)
14 Reentry Bible Studies for those returning from career or short-term overseas service.
NOTE: may be out of print, unavailable in Sept 2021
By: Howard and Bonnie Lisech