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We don\u2019t have time or space to write at length about all the new books suggested (and sometimes sent to us) for resource reviews, but here are glimpses of a few recent reads you might want to check out:<\/p>\n
Compassion and the Mission of God<\/a>, by Ruben Das. The author, a professor on several seminary faculties, traces God\u2019s compassion as revealed in the Old and New Testament and as understood and expressed by the early church. It provides a biblical and theological foundation for ministries of social justice, relief, development, and compassion.<\/p>\n Looming Transitions: Starting and Finishing Well in Cross-Cultural Service<\/a>, by Amy Young. A respected authority on missionary care calls this self-published book a \u201cmust-read\u201d guide and says, \u201cGive one to every missionary you know!\u201d I found the quality a bit uneven, but it does address an important gap with much wisdom and stories of personal experience.<\/p>\n The Prayers of Many: The Story of a Church on Mission<\/a>, by D.G. Wynn. The author demonstrates how God answered the concerted prayers of those in one Colorado church (and others) and worked through their missionaries and partners to see his kingdom established in a remote (but unnamed) Muslim context.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sources: Various We don\u2019t have time or space to write at length about all the new books suggested (and sometimes sent to us) for resource reviews, but here are glimpses of a few recent reads you might want to check out: Compassion and the Mission of God, by Ruben Das. The author, a professor on … Continue reading BOOKS: Compassion, Transitions, and a Story of Answered Prayer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6472,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6471\/revisions\/6472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}