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Mike Ironside
- Aug 6, 2020
- 4 min
Developing Emotionally Healthy Sent Ones
Editor’s note: Mike is the Director of Cohorts for The Upstream Collective. He is leading an online cohort this fall and next spring. If you’re interested in joining, click here to find out more information and to register. The local church leadership pipeline should provide the vast majority of the training needed for overseas development. But we have found that there are two areas American churches tend not to address well or as in depth as needed for overseas work. Those t
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debbie4034
- Jul 27, 2020
- 6 min
Reentry Tips for Third Culture Kid Teenagers
Third Culture Kid teens are resilient, resourceful, clever, creative, and flexible. For their entire lives they have not only practiced but also excelled at adapting to new cultural situations and learning new ways of being and of doing. This year in particular they have been challenged to draw upon these strengths in new and important ways as the world continues to navigate the ambiguity and adjustments of new protocol and procedures in all arenas—work, academic, social, and
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debbie4034
- Jan 6, 2020
- 3 min
6 Books You Should Read in 2020
It’s a new year, and that means it’s time for resolutions, lists, and commitments that may or may not be followed all the way to the end of 2020. But, as pessimistic as that last sentence may sound, it’s always good to review the year that has passed and consider what we desire to accomplish in the next. I, myself, tend to strive for the same things at the beginning of each year: to improve my spiritual disciplines, to exercise more (doesn’t everyone say that?!), and to read
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