Resources
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The Living Seeds Project
A self-guided retreat-in-daily-life to identify and tend the seeds of love that God has planted in and around you. Created by our own Jenny Walley!
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
Galatians 5:22
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Beautiful Upheaval
Check out Amy Galloway’s blog: a resource for people undergoing cross-cultural, vocational, spiritual, and life stage transitions…
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The Transition Workbook
This resource serves as a guide in the wake of changes that lead to cross-cultural relocation. It provides reflections, creative activities, and spiritual exercises to support you in your transition.
Psychological
Progressive Muscle Relaxation (Centre for Clinical Interventions)
Recovery from Pornography (Galloway)
Beck Depression Inventory
The art of conversation: A guide to talking, listening, and reducing stigma surrounding suicide (NHS Health Scotland)
Suicide Assessment (Galloway)
Black Dog Called Depression (World Health Organization)
Healing the Wounded Heart (Allender)
Recovery from Pornography (Galloway)
Beck Depression Inventory
The art of conversation: A guide to talking, listening, and reducing stigma surrounding suicide (NHS Health Scotland)
Suicide Assessment (Galloway)
Black Dog Called Depression (World Health Organization)
Healing the Wounded Heart (Allender)
Spiritual
Finding a Spiritual Director (Smith)
Transformational Effects of a Sabbatical (Turner and Fike)
Metamorpha - walk alongside fellow Christians on their journey of Faith
Grafted Life Ministries - Evangelical Spiritual Directors Association
Spiritual Disciplines & Growth
B-ing - offers contemplative retreats, spiritual direction, staff development and other spiritual formation opportunities
Examen: The Act of the Presence of God (Smith)
Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation (Haley Barton)
Invitation to Solitude and Silence: Experiencing God's Transforming Presence (Barton and Willard)
A Spirituality of the Road (Bosch)
Satisfy Your Soul: Renewing the Heart of Christian Spirituality (Demarest)
Seasons of the Soul: Stages of Spiritual Development (Demarest)
Water from a Deep Well: Christian Spirituality from Early Martyrs to Modern Missionaries (Sittser and Peterson)
The Kingdom Life: A Practical Theology of Discipleship and Spiritual Formation (Willard, et al)
The Rest of God: Restoring Your Soul by Restoring Sabbath (Buchanan)
Living Faith Day by Day: How the Sacred Rules of Monastic Traditions Can Help You Live Spiritually in the Modern World (Farrington)
Celebration of Discipline (Foster)
A Testament of Devotion (Kelley)
Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation (Palmer)
What's Your God Language? (Perrine)--see also the complementing workbook
The Pursuit of God (Tozer)
The Practice of the Presence of God (Lawrence)
Backpacking with the Saints: Wilderness Hiking and Spiritual Practice (Lane )
Long Wandering Prayer: An Invitation to Walk with God (Hansen and Hibbert)
Finding Grace at the Center: Beginning of Centering Prayer (Pennington, Keating and Clark)
Mansions of the Heart (Ashbrook)
The Gift of Being Yourself (Benner)
Spiritual Dynamics
Discover Your Spiritual Gifts (Wagner)
Understanding Spiritual Power: A Forgotten Dimension of Cross-Cultural Mission and Ministry (Kraft, Marguerite)
I Give You Authority (Kraft)
Territorial Spirits (Wagner)
When the Spirit Comes with Power: Signs and Wonders Among God’s People (White)
The Rules of Engagement: Understanding the Principles that Govern the Spiritual Battles in Our Lives (DeBord and Kraft)
Inner Healing (Flynn and Gregg)
Deep Wounds, Deep Healing (Kraft)
Breaking Strongholds in Your City (Wagner)
Transformational Effects of a Sabbatical (Turner and Fike)
Metamorpha - walk alongside fellow Christians on their journey of Faith
Grafted Life Ministries - Evangelical Spiritual Directors Association
Spiritual Disciplines & Growth
B-ing - offers contemplative retreats, spiritual direction, staff development and other spiritual formation opportunitiesExamen: The Act of the Presence of God (Smith)
Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation (Haley Barton)
Invitation to Solitude and Silence: Experiencing God's Transforming Presence (Barton and Willard)
A Spirituality of the Road (Bosch)
Satisfy Your Soul: Renewing the Heart of Christian Spirituality (Demarest)
Seasons of the Soul: Stages of Spiritual Development (Demarest)
Water from a Deep Well: Christian Spirituality from Early Martyrs to Modern Missionaries (Sittser and Peterson)
The Kingdom Life: A Practical Theology of Discipleship and Spiritual Formation (Willard, et al)
The Rest of God: Restoring Your Soul by Restoring Sabbath (Buchanan)
Living Faith Day by Day: How the Sacred Rules of Monastic Traditions Can Help You Live Spiritually in the Modern World (Farrington)
Celebration of Discipline (Foster)
A Testament of Devotion (Kelley)
Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation (Palmer)
What's Your God Language? (Perrine)--see also the complementing workbook
The Pursuit of God (Tozer)
The Practice of the Presence of God (Lawrence)
Backpacking with the Saints: Wilderness Hiking and Spiritual Practice (Lane )
Long Wandering Prayer: An Invitation to Walk with God (Hansen and Hibbert)
Finding Grace at the Center: Beginning of Centering Prayer (Pennington, Keating and Clark)
Mansions of the Heart (Ashbrook)
The Gift of Being Yourself (Benner)
Spiritual Dynamics
Discover Your Spiritual Gifts (Wagner)Understanding Spiritual Power: A Forgotten Dimension of Cross-Cultural Mission and Ministry (Kraft, Marguerite)
I Give You Authority (Kraft)
Territorial Spirits (Wagner)
When the Spirit Comes with Power: Signs and Wonders Among God’s People (White)
The Rules of Engagement: Understanding the Principles that Govern the Spiritual Battles in Our Lives (DeBord and Kraft)
Inner Healing (Flynn and Gregg)
Deep Wounds, Deep Healing (Kraft)
Breaking Strongholds in Your City (Wagner)
Lifestage
Partnership in Marriage and Ministry (adapted from Clinton)
Differentiation and Couples (adapted from Schnarch)
Making Marriage Simple (Hendrix and LaKelly Hunt)
Parents of Missionaries: How to Thrive and Stay Connected When Your Children and Grandchildren Serve Cross-Culturally (Savageau and Stortz)
Single Mission (Hawker and Herbert)
Authentic Human Sexuality: An Integrated Christian Approach (Balswick and Balswick)
Sex, Gender, and Kinship: A Cross-Cultural Perspective (Pasternak, Ember and Ember)
Women in Ministry: Four Views (Clouse and Clouse, et al)
American Women in Mission: A Social History of Their Thought and Practice (Robert)
Gospel Bearers, Gender Barriers: Missionary Women in the Twentieth Century (Robert)
Guardians of the Great Commission: A History of Women in Modern Mission (Tucker)
Families, Kids & Teens
Transitions for Families Game (Lauer)
From Isolation to Invitation for Families: An invitation to evaluate and try some new rhythms as a family during isolation (Jenny Walley & Mairi Nasr)
Unstuck: A teen guide to living in uncertain times (Trauma Heaking Institute) Activity workbook to help teens process and cope during times of uncertainty
How to Help a Grieving Child (Dr. Mimi Lawson)
Children's books about death, loss, and grieving (Christian Reformed Church)
Helping Children in the Midst of Crisis (Mobile Member Care Team)
The Art of Hoping: 13 ways you and your children to use art to have fun, express emotion and receive from Jesus
At Home With God: video providing tools and helpful questions to provide a safe environment at home, where emotions can be recognized and named (Grafted Life)
Beyond Disaster: Small group resources to help teens and children recover from man-made and natural disasters (Trauma Healing Institiute)
Differentiation and Couples (adapted from Schnarch)
Making Marriage Simple (Hendrix and LaKelly Hunt)
Parents of Missionaries: How to Thrive and Stay Connected When Your Children and Grandchildren Serve Cross-Culturally (Savageau and Stortz)
Single Mission (Hawker and Herbert)
Authentic Human Sexuality: An Integrated Christian Approach (Balswick and Balswick)
Sex, Gender, and Kinship: A Cross-Cultural Perspective (Pasternak, Ember and Ember)
Women in Ministry: Four Views (Clouse and Clouse, et al)
American Women in Mission: A Social History of Their Thought and Practice (Robert)
Gospel Bearers, Gender Barriers: Missionary Women in the Twentieth Century (Robert)
Guardians of the Great Commission: A History of Women in Modern Mission (Tucker)
Families, Kids & Teens
Transitions for Families Game (Lauer)From Isolation to Invitation for Families: An invitation to evaluate and try some new rhythms as a family during isolation (Jenny Walley & Mairi Nasr)
Unstuck: A teen guide to living in uncertain times (Trauma Heaking Institute) Activity workbook to help teens process and cope during times of uncertainty
How to Help a Grieving Child (Dr. Mimi Lawson)
Children's books about death, loss, and grieving (Christian Reformed Church)
Helping Children in the Midst of Crisis (Mobile Member Care Team)
The Art of Hoping: 13 ways you and your children to use art to have fun, express emotion and receive from Jesus
At Home With God: video providing tools and helpful questions to provide a safe environment at home, where emotions can be recognized and named (Grafted Life)
Beyond Disaster: Small group resources to help teens and children recover from man-made and natural disasters (Trauma Healing Institiute)
Community
Leadership
Inventories and Assessments
Leadership Endurance Inventory (LEI)--Inventory to examen the empowerment levels of support infrastructure of a leader for sustainability; based off of the deep Social Base research of J. Robert Clinton (Simons and Dowd; adapted from Clinton)Kiersey Temperament Sorter: personality inventory
Clifton Strengths assessment: StrengthsFinder inventory
StrengthsFinder 2.0: Fiding Your CliftonStrengths (Rath)
Enneagram: personality inventory
Birkman: Leadership Personality inventory
Leadership Development & Practice
Keith Webb CoachingLeading with a Developmental Bias (Hoke)
Partnership in Marriage and Ministry (adapted from Clinton)
Strengths Based Leadership (Rath)
Falling Upward (Rohr)
Leadership in the Way of the Cross: Forging Ministry from the Crucible of Crisis (Lingenfelter)
The Making of a Leader (Clinton)--basal and comprehensive work on understanding our call to influence those around us
Unlocking Your Giftedness (Clinton & Clinton)--aiding leaders to understand their own gifts and how to develop them
Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence (Goleman, Boyatzis and McKee)
Leading Cross-Culturally: Covenant Relationships for Effective Christian Leadership (Lingenfelter)
In the Name of Jesus: Reflections of Christian Leadership (Nouwen)
Isolation: A Place of Transformation in the Life of a Leader (Trebesch)
Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry (Haley Barton)
Managing the Non-profit Organization: Principles and Practices (Drucker)
The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization (Senge)
Corporate Lifecycles: How and Why Organizations Grow and Die and What to Do About It? (Adize)
The Five Dysfuncions of a Team (Lencioni)
Connecting: Finding the Mentors You Need to be Successful in Life (Clinton and Stanley)
Spiritual Mentoring: A Guide for Seeking and Giving Direction (Anderson, Reese and Houston)
The Performance Factor: Unlocking the Secrets of Teamwork (MacMillan)
Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation (Palmer)
Cross-Cultural
Serving as Senders: How to Care for Your Missionaries While They Are Preparing to Go, While They Are on the Field, When They Return Home (Pirolo)
Parents of Missionaries: How to Thrive and Stay Connected When Your Children and Grandchildren Serve Cross-Culturally
Cross-cultural Immersion
Cerny Smith Assessment: cross-cultural stress assessment
Cultural Differences and the New Missionary (Hiebert)
RAFT (re-entry): What Cross-Cultural Workers Need to Know (Koteskey)
H.A.R.T. (Helping Achieve Relevant Transitions) (OC Malaga)
Cross-Cultural Connections: Stepping Out and Fitting in Around the World (Elmer)--great comprehensive primer for anyone making the cross-cultural transition
Cross-Cultural Conflict: Building Relationships for Effective Ministry (Elmer)
Ministering Cross-Culturally (Lingenfelter and Mayers)
Living Overseas (Ward)
Communicating Christ Cross-culturally: Introduction to Missionary Communication (Hesselgrave)
Transculturation: The Cultural Factor in Translation and Other Communication Tasks (Shaw)
Global Mission Handbook: A Guide for Crosscultural Service (Hoke and Taylor)
Developing Cultural Intelligence: Improving your CQ to Engage Our Multicultural World (Livermore)
Mission Practice & Strategy
Bridges of God: A Study in the Strategy of Missions (McGavran)
Changing Face of World Missions, The Engaging Contemporary Issues and Trends (Pocock, Van Rheenen and McConnell)
Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures (Gibbs and Bolger)
Contextualization: Meanings, Methods, and Models (Hesselgrave and Rommen)
Incarnational Ministries: Planting Churches in Band, Tribal, Peasant and Urban Societies (Hiebert and Meneses)
The Church on the Other Side: Doing Ministry in the Postmodern Matrix (McLaren)
The Gospel in a Pluralist Society (Newbigin)
The Gathered and Scattered Church (Halter and Smay)
The Tangible Kingdom: Creating Incarnational Community (Halter and Smay)
Submerge: Living Deep in a Shallow World (Hayes)
God So Loves the City (Van Engen and Tiersma)
Mission Perspective and History
Announcing the Kingdom: The Story of God's Mission in the Bible (Glasser, VanEngen, Gilliland and Redford)
The Missionary Movement in Christian History (Walls)
The Cross-cultural Process in Christian History (Walls)
Anthropological Insights for Missionaries (Hiebert)
Transforming Culture: A Challenge for Christian Mission (Lingenfelter)
Worldview for Christian Witness (Kraft)
Parents of Missionaries: How to Thrive and Stay Connected When Your Children and Grandchildren Serve Cross-Culturally
Cross-cultural Immersion
Cerny Smith Assessment: cross-cultural stress assessmentCultural Differences and the New Missionary (Hiebert)
RAFT (re-entry): What Cross-Cultural Workers Need to Know (Koteskey)
H.A.R.T. (Helping Achieve Relevant Transitions) (OC Malaga)
Cross-Cultural Connections: Stepping Out and Fitting in Around the World (Elmer)--great comprehensive primer for anyone making the cross-cultural transition
Cross-Cultural Conflict: Building Relationships for Effective Ministry (Elmer)
Ministering Cross-Culturally (Lingenfelter and Mayers)
Living Overseas (Ward)
Communicating Christ Cross-culturally: Introduction to Missionary Communication (Hesselgrave)
Transculturation: The Cultural Factor in Translation and Other Communication Tasks (Shaw)
Global Mission Handbook: A Guide for Crosscultural Service (Hoke and Taylor)
Developing Cultural Intelligence: Improving your CQ to Engage Our Multicultural World (Livermore)
Mission Practice & Strategy
Bridges of God: A Study in the Strategy of Missions (McGavran)Changing Face of World Missions, The Engaging Contemporary Issues and Trends (Pocock, Van Rheenen and McConnell)
Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures (Gibbs and Bolger)
Contextualization: Meanings, Methods, and Models (Hesselgrave and Rommen)
Incarnational Ministries: Planting Churches in Band, Tribal, Peasant and Urban Societies (Hiebert and Meneses)
The Church on the Other Side: Doing Ministry in the Postmodern Matrix (McLaren)
The Gospel in a Pluralist Society (Newbigin)
The Gathered and Scattered Church (Halter and Smay)
The Tangible Kingdom: Creating Incarnational Community (Halter and Smay)
Submerge: Living Deep in a Shallow World (Hayes)
God So Loves the City (Van Engen and Tiersma)
Mission Perspective and History
Announcing the Kingdom: The Story of God's Mission in the Bible (Glasser, VanEngen, Gilliland and Redford)The Missionary Movement in Christian History (Walls)
The Cross-cultural Process in Christian History (Walls)
Anthropological Insights for Missionaries (Hiebert)
Transforming Culture: A Challenge for Christian Mission (Lingenfelter)
Worldview for Christian Witness (Kraft)
Member Care
Tim Austin--Navigating Transitions Podcast
Cerny Smith Assessment: cross-cultural stress assessment
Global Member Care Network
European Member Care Network
Burnout Inventory (MMCT)
Exploring the Faces of Attrition (Taylor)
Worth Keeping: Global Perspectives on Best Practice in Missionary Retention (Hay)
Missionary Care: Counting the Cost for World Evangelization (O'Donnell, ed)
Doing Member Care Well (O'Donnell )
Global Member Care: The Pearls and Perils of Good Practice (vl 1 & 2) (O'Donnell )
Helping Missionaries Grow: Readings in Mental Health and Missions (O'Donnell )
Global Mission Handbook: A Guide for Crosscultural Service (Hoke and Taylor)
Expectations and Burnout (Eenigenburg and Bliss)
Cerny Smith Assessment: cross-cultural stress assessment
Global Member Care Network
European Member Care Network
Burnout Inventory (MMCT)
Exploring the Faces of Attrition (Taylor)
Worth Keeping: Global Perspectives on Best Practice in Missionary Retention (Hay)
Missionary Care: Counting the Cost for World Evangelization (O'Donnell, ed)
Doing Member Care Well (O'Donnell )
Global Member Care: The Pearls and Perils of Good Practice (vl 1 & 2) (O'Donnell )
Helping Missionaries Grow: Readings in Mental Health and Missions (O'Donnell )
Global Mission Handbook: A Guide for Crosscultural Service (Hoke and Taylor)
Expectations and Burnout (Eenigenburg and Bliss)
Organizational
Starting From the Top: Could Supporting Leaders Multiply Missionary Well-Being?
Leadership, Organizations & Missionary Thriving- Executive Summary 2009 IMPACT Leadership Survey
Help Your Missionaries Thrive: Leadership Practices that Make a Difference
The Role of Mission Organizations in Missionary Well-Being (Webinar available for Misso Nexus Members Only)
The Role of Mission Organizations in Missionary Well-Being (Webinar Summary Handout)
The Role of Mission Organizations in Missionary Well-Being EMQ Article
Resilient Global Worker Project – Geoff Whiteman
Leadership, Organizations & Missionary Thriving- Executive Summary 2009 IMPACT Leadership Survey
Help Your Missionaries Thrive: Leadership Practices that Make a Difference
The Role of Mission Organizations in Missionary Well-Being (Webinar available for Misso Nexus Members Only)
The Role of Mission Organizations in Missionary Well-Being (Webinar Summary Handout)
The Role of Mission Organizations in Missionary Well-Being EMQ Article
Resilient Global Worker Project – Geoff Whiteman
Recursos en Español
Salud Emocional y Mental
Ayudando a los niños en medio de una crisis (Mobile Member Care Toolbox)Más allá del desastre (Trauma Healing Institute): Un librito guía para personas sobreviviendo desastres. Ofrece estrategias para lidiar con el trauma a corto plazo, en la recuperación y hacia la sanidad.
Entendiendo el duelo (Mobile Member Care Toolbox): Entendiendo el proceso de duelo y cómo ayudar a alguien en las diferentes etapas.
¿Entonces, Te Gustaría Ayudar? (Mobile Member Care Toolbox): ¿Cómo apoyar a aquellos que han experimentado un trauma?
Espiritual
En tiempos de incertidumbre (Doralicia Cajina Gonzalez, Novo): Retiro espiritual personal para enfrentar la incertidumbre.Lamento - Abriendo Nuestro Corazón a Dios (Larry Warner): Como escribir un salmo de lamento, queja o desorientación.
Oración de respiración (Alex Galloway, SentWell): Ejercicio para desarrollar su propia oración de respiración.
Desde el Reino Interior (Doralicia Cajina Gonzalez, Novo): Una pagina web con recursos para retiros espirituales, y podcasts.
Comunidad
Aislados Pero No Solos (Maritza Hidalgo, IIBET): Un devocional en los Salmos y preguntas para considerar en tiempos de soledad.Ideas prácticas para enfrentar el aislamiento y la soledad (Vivian Ochoa)
Transcultural
Inventario de Estrés del Obrero Transcultural (Mobile Member Care Toolbox): Inventario de estrés por areas y el uso de fortalezas para hacer frente a los retos.Libro: Haz Frente Al Peligro: Una guía a través del riesgo (Anna Hampton): Ofrece un marco práctico y espiritual para realizar de forma óptima una evaluación y gestión de riesgos transculturales.