Skip to Content

Articles

Worried about changes in your child's mood or behavior?

It can be hard to tell the difference between normal childhood behavior and signs of mental illness. Find out what to look for and when to take act ...

August 21, 2020
The Great Annual Examen: Reflecting Back and Praying Forward

For hundreds of years, Christians have taken the time to examine their lives by reflecting backwards: what went well and what went, well… not so we ...

August 21, 2020
Five Benefits of Vacation

There are at least five benefits of taking time off and being away. I’m talking about the wonderful deposits we place into our souls when we take a ...

August 21, 2020
The Missions Experience

People who feel called by God and passionate about serving others sell their stuff, pack up the essentials, say their goodbyes, and tote their chil ...

August 21, 2020
Healthy, Resilient, and Effective

This book has been designed to help leaders of sending agencies and churches in creating a comprehensive care plan for their members in missio ...

August 21, 2020
5 signs that it's time to look for a counsellor

If relationships matter to you, there’s one important principle you need to bear in mind: it takes two to tango. Think about it. A relationship of ...

August 21, 2020
Third Culture Kids: the impact of growing up in a globalized world | Ruth Van Reken | TEDxINSEAD

Third Culture Kids are those children who grow up in a culture that is different from his parents’ culture. The number of TCKs has increased as nev ...

August 21, 2020
The Unspoken Gospel: Living Faith Beyond Borders

Ellen Janzen writes about creating friendships that cross the cultural conventions that we all take for granted—cross cultural friendship. The mess ...

August 21, 2020
The Brush Foundation Study of Child Growth and Development. I: Psychometric Tests

This is the first of a series of reports of a study of growth and development of children, originally organized and directed by T. Wingate Todd. Pe ...

August 21, 2020
Too Valuable to Lose - Exploring the Causes and Cares of Missionary Attrition

[DESCRIPTION] Does God really care about His servants? Yes! Do we care for our people who are serving the Lord...

August 21, 2020
Empowering and connecting Christians for mission and ministry - OSCAR

Your gateway to Christian jobs, mission opportunities, events, articles, advice and resources

August 21, 2020
Closer to the Truth about Current Missionary Attrition: An Initial Analysis of Results

by Katie Rowe For those of you who participated in or have been following the missionary attrition study from last fall, this is the post that you ...

August 21, 2020