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Since this section addresses short-term missions, what are your favorite books about the topic? How have they shaped how you have processed the idea of "short-term" missions? (2 new)

Oct 16, 2017 06:36AM

Subversive Jesus: An Adventure in Justice, Mercy, and Faithfulness in a Broken World
A lot of blogs by Craig Greenfield have helped shape my concept of short-term missions.

Serving with Eyes Wide Open: Doing Short-Term Missions with Cultural Intelligence
When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself
We Are Not the Hero
I'm reading Jean Johnson's right now and I really enjoy her perspective.

There are many articles and blogs that have formulated my thoughts on this topic, including these:
http://faithfullymagazine.com/tgcs-ar...
https://goodmenproject.com/featured-c...

And in my very, very biased opinion:
A Smoldering Wick: Igniting Missions Work with Sustainable Practices

Did you grow up reading missionary biographies? If so, which ones stood out to you? Do you have a favorite example from this genre? Can you think of a missionary biography that might strike you now as problematic or strange or misguided? (8 new)

Oct 16, 2017 06:30AM

Noel wrote: "Offhand, I don't remember reading missionary biographies growing up. I guess I wasn't into them back them back then. More recently, I've read [book:A Passion for the Impossible: The Life of Lilias ..."

Irresistible Revolution is a great one!

Peterson mentions the book The Poisenwood Bible in her first chapter as an example of literature critiquing western missions. Can you think of other examples you have read of these types of books? Which ones are important? Which ones miss the mark? (8 new)

Oct 12, 2017 09:44AM

Poisonwood Bible was amazing! Other critiques of Western Missions: Walking With the Poor by Bryant Myers, God of the Empty Handed by Jayakumar Christian, Dead Aid by Dambisa Moyo, Craig Greenfield: Urban Halo and Subversive Jesus, Western Christians in Global Missions by Paul Borthwick. But Kingsolver's fictional piece is more like a parable that sticks with you.

Oct 12, 2017 09:39AM

Tia wrote: "Also--a thought on Poisonwood Bible. An excellent book and useful critique of missions, but I thought it might have been more powerful if the missionary father character did not go quite so crazy. ..."
That is a really great point Tia! It's easier for us to negate extremists as if we are nothing like them, but harder when subtle complexities move us a few degrees off the right path.

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