During my Unreached Network Internship year, I spent 6 months living in Thailand, serving the local church and community, as well as learning about Thai culture, for my third and final placement. I grew up in UK, so as you could imagine, the culture and life I experienced abroad was very different to what I […]
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From Surviving to Thriving: Adjusting to Life and Work Cross-Culturally. An Unreached Network Collaboration This post was born out of a discussion during one of our Unreached Network Internship and Foundational Training training sessions. It encompasses reflective lived experience from those who had traveled, moved, worked and lived cross culturally. We are grateful for their
Rosh Hashanah is a Jewish festival celebrating the New Year. The dates of this holiday vary from year to year, but this year it falls from the 22nd-24th September. It is the first of the days of Yamim Nora’im (High Holy Days or Days of Awe), which also include Yom Kippur, following ten days after
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“Then Jesus asked them, ‘When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?’ ‘Nothing,’ they answered.” — Luke 22:35 We came across this verse just as we were preparing for a 12-month trip to the Middle East to explore a sense of calling. It stopped us in our tracks. What would
Pete & Miriam Williams: We are a family of four living in Taipei, Taiwan, on mission for God. We enjoy good food, being in the mountains, and our 2 girls love playing in parks. We are very thankful that Taipei has all of these in abundance. We are Weak, but He is Strong Living in Taiwan,
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Bridges for Communities is a charity based in Bristol working to connect people of different cultures and faiths. Their aim is to encourage these communities to build friendships, to grow in understanding of one another, and to live together in peace. You can find out more about the charity here. Bridges for Communities are passionate
Passivity or reactivity is under appreciated in Western leadership manuals. What is celebrated is initiative, forward movement, aggression. The Western leader thinks about his own strategy and vision, throws pieces forward. He does not adequately consider the contours of the culture, the whole board of history and geography and the entrenched dispositions of the status quo into which he or she is stepping.
“And he called his name Gershom, for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.” Exodus 2:22 Gershom’s name comes from the 3-letter verbal root in Hebrew (g-r-sh) which actually has quite a violent meaning; it means to be driven out or expelled. Expulsion In Gen 3:24 Adam and Eve were g-r-sh