
Resources
“We’re happy to share a collection of resources we’ve found helpful for shaping, guiding and strengthening our work among the vulnerable and sexually exploited.”
Our Approach
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Living Mission: The Voices and Vision of New Friars, Scott A. Bessenecker, Shane Claiborne
Constants in Context: A Theology of Mission for Today, Stephen B. Bevans, Roger P. Schroeder
Introducing Liberation Theology, Boff, Boff
Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission, David J. Bosch
The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical, Shane Claiborne
The Reckless Way of Life, Dorothy Day
Ethical Anti-Trafficking Practices: Guiding Principles for Faith-Based Organizations, Global Learning Community
We Drink from our Own Wells, Gustavo Gutierrez
The Word Became Flesh, E. Stanley Jones
Reconciling All Things: A Christian Vision for Justice, Peace, and Healing, Emmanuel Katongole, Chris Rice
The Compassion Fatigue Workbook: Creative Tools for Transforming Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Traumatization, Françoise Mathieu
Love is an Orientation, Andrew Marin, Brian McLaren
Walking with the Poor: Principles and Practices of Transformational Development, Bryant L. Myers
The Open Secret: An Introduction to the Theology of Mission, Lesslie Newbigin
Poverty and Power: The Problem of Structural Inequality, Edward Royce
Friendship at the Margins: Discovering Mutuality in Service and Mission, Christine D. Pohl
Faith That Indigenizes: Neo-Pentecostal Aimara Identity, Marcelo Vargas A.
Exclusion and Embrace, Miroslav Volf
Trafficking, Prostitution & Abuse
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Global Perspectives on Prostitution and Sex Trafficking: Europe, Latin America, North America, and Global, by Rochelle Dalla, Lynda Baker, John Defrain, Celia Williamson
We Were the Least of These: Reading the Bible with Survivors of Sexual Abuse, Elaine Heath
The 6 C’s of Becoming an Advocate, Survivor Alliance
Truth and Repair: How Trauma Survivors Envision Justice, Judith Lewis Herman MD
Pornography
Spirituality
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The Gift of Wonder, Christine Aroney-Sine
God Space, Christine Aroney-Sine
The Gift of Being Yourself, David Benner
Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth: Prayers of Walter Brueggemann, Walter Brueggemann Edwin Searcy
Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible's View of Women, Sarah Bessey
Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals, Claiborne, Wilson-Hartgrove, Okoro
Every Moment Holy: New Liturgies for Daily Life, Volume I, II or III
The Story Of God The Story Of Us: Getting Lost and Found in the Bible, Sean Gladding
The Presence Project, Summer Gross
The Human Condition: Contemplation and Transformation, Thomas Keating
The Liberating Mission of Jesus: The Message of the Gospel of Luke, Dario López R.
Clowning in Rome: : Reflections on Solitude, Celibacy, Prayer, and Contemplation, Henri Nouwen
In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership, Henri Nouwen
The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers, Henri J. M. Nouwen
The Rest of God: Restoring Your Soul by Restoring Sabbath, Mark Buchanan
Praying Our Goodbyes, Joyce Rupp
Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis
Reconciling All Things: A Christian Vision for Justice, Peace, and Healing, Katongole & Rice
Suffering, Dorothee Soelle
Deep Changes: When the Gospel Transforms What the Heart Desires, Nicolas Emilio Tranchini
Hearing God, Dallas Willard
The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible's Grand Narrative, Christopher J. H. Wright
How God Became King:The Forgotten Story of the Gospels, N. T. Wright
Simply Christian, N.T. Wright
Surprised by Hope, N.T. Wright
Community
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Cross-Cultural Ministry
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Misunderstood: The impact of growing up overseas in the 21st century, Tanya Crossman
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent, Eduardo Galeano, Jonathan Davis
Foreign to Familiar: A Guide to Understanding Hot and Cold Climate Cultures, Sarah Lanier
The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business, Erin Meyer
The God Ask: A Fresh, Biblical Approach to Personal Support Raising The God Ask: A
Fresh, Biblical Approach to Personal Support Raising, Steve Shadrach
Emotional Resilience and the Expat Child: Practical Storytelling Techniques That Will Strengthen the Global Family, Julia Simens
Figuring Foreigners Out: The Art of Crossing Cultures, Craig Storti
The Wisdom of Stability, John Wilson-Hartgrove