Development in Mission by Monty Lynn, Robert Gailey, and Derran Reese

★★★★★ The publisher provided a copy for review
 If you've ever wondered how to save the world, take another look. Whether poverty, hardship, or worldview, culture, or religion limit the aspirations of people, how do we help.

Missions is an evolving profession as researchers and practitioners who continue to explore and understand how real change is possible in the name of Christ. Read this volume to see how God is at work and how the helping professions and outside interventions can do more good than harm.

On Living Well: Brief Reflections on Wisdom for Walking in the Way of Jesus by Eugene H. Peterson

 

★★★★★ The publisher provided a copy for review
This series of short essays will make you think. If you want meditations to take you through an afternoon or evening, consider picking up Peterson's volume. 

Just when you think life is out of control or outcomes are inevitable, when you think you're restricted by your choices or destined to fail, the author offers another point of view. Hope comes from relationship with God, not just from past decisions. 

Well worth keeping on your desk when you need another voice inside your head. Well worth putting on that "to do when I have 10 minutes" pile - and opening up when you need a word of encouragement.

Highly recommended.