If you have not read works by John M. Perkins or listened to him speak, now is the time to do so. Mr. Perkins is a minister, civil rights activist, community developer, and author, among other things. The son of Mississippi sharecroppers, he fled to California after his brother was killed by a policeman. He…
A Beginner’s Guide to Crossing Cultures: Making Friends in a Multicultural World by Patty Lane Patty Lane gives us an excellent resource for understanding the differences in worldviews of different cultural groups. She discusses how different cultures view conflict, values, authority, and time, and much more. This book also includes a number of appendices about…
by Brian Fikkert and Kelly M. Kapic Becoming Whole challenges our presuppositions about what poverty is by looking at the whole story of the world through the lens of the Bible. A key part of this book is a discussion of stories of change, or how different people believe that change comes about in their…