New IVP Books

I’m a shameless fan of Intervarsity Press and have been known to buy their books based on their the publisher alone.  They publish some of the best Christian cross-cultural literature, and have some new titles coming out this Winter.  I just got their new catalog and can’t help but share the ones that look most [...]

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Diary of a White Indian Housewife

Just saw this bloglink at GoriGirl…  Looks interesting and is now on my blogroll.

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Multiracial people become fastest growing group in US

AP article courtesy my friend Josh….  This fascinates me.  I wonder what it means for my kids?  the future of US race relations?  the world?

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Cultural Isolation

Sorry for the loooooooooooong absence.  First was Christmas travels, then our January term at the university that I spent somewhere between intense project mode and complete vegging out due to Christmas exhaustion and winter depression.  We’re currently in the throes of the onset of second semester, so now I’m somewhere between completely overwhelmed by my [...]

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Devastating news

So this is completely off topic, but thought I’d spread the word for an acquaintance in need…
Matt and Shannon (Moyer) McNeil are ‘98 grads of Taylor University (my alma mater and current employer) whose children (ages 2 and 4) were recently diagnosed with a fatal, incurable, genetic disease called San Fillippo syndrome.  San Fillipo children [...]

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Twitter-pated

I don’t really know what I think of Twitter – seems slightly voyeuristic to me – but I’m a bit of a technohead and like to experiment, so I’m trying it out.  If you’re on it, follow me or invite me to follow you…  jodylouise is my username…

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Eight years…

Happy 8 years of marriage to us today!  While the initial newness has worn off, I continually find there is still so much to learn about each other.  It’s been quite a journey thus far, and I’m grateful for the richness the flavors  our relationship which crosses so many bridges…

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Beautiful!

Watch Matt dance around the world!  Quite a video…

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GlobalGirl Network

“The globalgirl network desires to connect women across cultures as we share our stories of passion and triumph, but also our places of brokenness and deep longing. We stand as women who want to make a difference by being the difference in our own home, our communities and our world.”
There are some GREAT articles on [...]

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Global Women

OUR MISSION
Motivated by the love and mercy of Jesus Christ, Global Women seeks to create global friendships among women for shared learning and service.
Empowered through our commitment to Christ-like living we strive to be a voice for the profoundly unreached voiceless women of the world.  We desire to bring needed change to the conditions of [...]

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Missiopedia

What’s the next generation of mission dictionaries,
encyclopedias and atlases? Is it possible to do for mission reference
works what Wikipedia did for human knowledge? Will we know unless we
try? Justin Long has launched an experimental Missiopedia at
http://www.momentum-mag.org/wiki/index.php
If you have something you think should go in an encyclopedia about
missions – an article about a country, a people [...]

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Barnabas International

International organization which serves the missionary community.  Provides pastoral, counseling, conference, MK, seminar, and women’s support.

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