{"id":8620,"date":"2019-06-26T13:25:59","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T17:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=8620"},"modified":"2019-06-26T13:25:59","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T17:25:59","slug":"book-how-to-bless-a-missionary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=8620","title":{"rendered":"BOOK: How to Bless a Missionary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Jennifer Brannon<\/p>\n<p><em>How to Bless A Missionary: Practical Ideas for Your Church and Family<\/em>, by Jennifer Brannon. Self-published, 2018. 160 pages.<\/p>\n<p>This is a quick read, but as a book it goes into greater depth than other formats can provide on the topic of showing missionaries you care.<\/p>\n<p>After a brief exploration of what it means to bless someone, the author unpacks more than 100 practical ideas, from the tried-and-true ways supporters blessed her family when she was growing up in Mexico to newer strategies you may not have thought of. It\u2019s seasoned with stories and examples and also offers a gentle dose of how-to detail and tips on what not to do. The author has a blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/familiesformissions.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/familiesformissions.com\/\">FamiliesforMissions.com<\/a>, though it\u2019s a little sparse.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0999799134\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0999799134\/\">Learn more or purchase from Amazon<\/a> at US$9.95 for the paperback or US$4.99 in the Kindle edition.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb See also Neal Pirolo\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Serving-As-Senders-Neal-Pirolo\/dp\/1880185245\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Serving-As-Senders-Neal-Pirolo\/dp\/1880185245\">Serving as Senders Today<\/a>, or check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0578160536\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0578160536\">Mind the Gaps: Engage the Church in Missionary Care<\/a> (David Wilson) or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1619582112\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1619582112\">Well Sent: Reimagining the Church\u2019s Missionary-Sending Process<\/a> (Steve Beirn).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Jennifer Brannon How to Bless A Missionary: Practical Ideas for Your Church and Family, by Jennifer Brannon. Self-published, 2018. 160 pages. This is a quick read, but as a book it goes into greater depth than other formats can provide on the topic of showing missionaries you care. After a brief exploration of what &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=8620\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BOOK: How to Bless a Missionary<\/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-8620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8620","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=8620"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8621,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8620\/revisions\/8621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}