Book Review: Finding the Flow: A guide for leading small groups and gatherings

So this book really doesn’t have much to do with cross-cultural relationships, but I’ve found it quite helpful on general relationships, particularly those often times awkward ones forged in small groups.  I’m not a huge fan of them, although I do love the general concept of intentionally getting to know people through regular conversation about [...]

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Speaking of Faith and African Aid

Krista Tippett just hosted a great show on her “Speaking of Faith” Podcast with Binyavanga Wainaina on the ethics of aid in Africa.  It’s very thought provoking and worth a listen!  Speaking of a Faith is a weekly National Public Radio show and has some excellent topics on global faiths.  Check out the rest of [...]

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Culture Crossing

“A community built guide to cross-cultural etiquette and understanding.”  This looks like it has a wealth of information on cross-cultural relationships.  From the website:
CultureCrossing.net is an evolving database of cross-cultural information about every country in the world.  This user-built guide allows people from all walks of life to share essential tips with each other about [...]

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Matador Volunteer: Make Travel Better

This is a great site which offers information on responsible travel.  It also has TONS of information on issues such as global slavery, orphans, and environmental crises.  Definitely worth a look!  From their site:
We seek to promote the incredible work being done by grass-roots organizations and NGOs worldwide, and to connect you with volunteer programs [...]

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10 Volunteer Opportunities for Free Travel

Posted on Matador Volunteer, this post offers some great options for low cost travel.

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Micah Challenge

My husband just posted this info on his blog and I thought it looked applicable for TLB.  You can also subscribe to a weekly prayer list which provides a prayer guide for countries around the world.
The Micah Network and the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) have created the Micah Challenge campaign to grasp a moment of unique [...]

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Global Opportunities for Tentmakers

Website which provides resources for “Christian professionals who work in secular jobs in order to reach another people with the gospel, by integrating work and witness.

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TESOL

In my other life, I the director of a TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES (TESOL) program.
I maintain another blog entirely devoted to this topic. Click here to check it out.

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Global Fund for Women

The Global Fund for Women is an international network of women and men committed to a world of equality and social justice. We advocate for and defend women’s human rights by making grants to support women’s groups around the world.

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School for Urban Cross-Cultural Church Planting

Training from World Impact

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Cross-cultural Chruch Planting Resources

Resources form Roland Muller – extensive list!

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International Training Partners

International Training Partners is a global network of Christian workers, facilitators and trainers from more than eighty partner organizations. We serve together in an informal partnership to provide training for those in cross-cultural Christian work.
International Training Partners provides practical, interactive, biblical training for Christian leaders from around [...]

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The Urban Ministry Institute

Biblical training for whose focus is to “prepare a new generation of urban Christian leaders for spiritual revival in the city”.  (ministry of World Impact)

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Discover the World: Mobilizing Christians for Cross-cultural Ministry

Organization which offers cross-cultural training seminars

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Institute for Cross Cultural Training

Institute through Wheaton College which offers resources on second language acquisition and TESOL.

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