Squeezed & Shaken: Thought Provoking Perspectives on Living Cross Culturally

Living cross culturally can turn our world upside down and inside out. It squeezes and shakes us in ways we hadn’t imagined. What spills out when we get shaken up is a result of what is deep inside of us. Not only does living cross-culturally squeeze and shake us personally but it challenges us to think in new ways mentally and philosophically. Everything we think we know we must re-evaluate. As we are confronted with new experiences and moral dilemmas, we must re-access our perspectives and paradigms and in some cases shift them.

Through the use of short stories, Scripture studies, practical suggestions, poems and song lyrics, Squeezed & Shaken will challenge cross-cultural laborers with thought provoking perspectives and encourage them to get the most out of living in a new culture. Although the reflections are personal stories of real life people living and laboring in an international context, the principles are not limited to cross-cultural workers. Anyone interested in thinking outside of their own cultural box will find the stories interesting and principles applicable to living out Kingdom Culture in the in their home country.

Although there is a logical progression that moves chronologically through specific challenges cross cultural workers face during their first few years, the book does not need to be read in order. Each 2-3 page essay can stand-alone. At the end of each essay there is an application segment that encourages you to not just read but to also meditate on and apply what you’ve read:

ON YOUR OWN challenges you to reflect on the topic as it applies to your own life.
FOR FURTHER STUDY gives additional verses from Scripture to study deeper into the topic.
LET’S GET PRACTICAL suggests specific action steps you can take to implement this truth.

A must read encouragement for anyone willing to be Squeezed and Shaken in their relationship with God!