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Serving with Eyes Wide Open: Doing Short-Term Missions with Cultural Intelligence Paperback – December 1, 2012

by David A. Livermore (Author), Paul Borthwick (Foreword)
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Short-term mission trips are great ways to impact the kingdom. Yet they can lack effectiveness because of mistakes or naiveté on the part of participants. In this insightful and timely book, David A. Livermore calls us to serve with our eyes open to global and cultural realities so we can become more effective cross-cultural ministers. Serving with Eyes Wide Open is a must-have book for anyone doing a short-term mission or service project, whether domestic or overseas. Foreword by Paul Borthwick.
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Your passport to learning how short-term missions can best serve Christ's kingdom

Short-term mission trips are a great way to impact the kingdom. Yet they can lack effectiveness because of mistakes or naiveté on the part of participants. In this insightful book, David A. Livermore calls us to serve with our eyes open to global and cultural realities so we can become more effective cross-cultural ministers. Winner of an Outreach Resource of the Year Award in global outreach from Outreach magazine, Serving with Eyes Wide Open is a must-have book for anyone doing a short-term mission or service project, whether domestic or overseas. Now updated throughout to reflect the changing mission field.

About the Author

David A. Livermore, PhD, is a social scientist devoted to the topics of cultural intelligence (CQ) and global leadership and the author of several award-winning books. He is a founder of the Cultural Intelligence Center and professor of global leadership at Boston University. He is a frequent advisor and speaker to leaders in Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, and governments and he has worked in more than 100 countries. Learn more at DavidLivermore.com

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Baker Books; Updated edition (December 1, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780801015199
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0801015199
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.48 x 8.5 inches
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David Livermore, PhD (Michigan State University) is a social scientist devoted to the topics of cultural intelligence (CQ) and global leadership and the author of several award-winning books, including Leading with Cultural Intelligence, Driven by Difference, and Serving with Eyes Wide Open. His newest book, Digital, Diverse & Divided, addresses one of the most pressing issues of our day--how to overcome polarization in our personal and professional relationships.

David is a founder of the Cultural Intelligence Center in East Lansing, Michigan, and a visiting research fellow at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He consults with global organizations around the world, including the Harvard Business School, Google, Coca-Cola, the US Department of Defense, BMW, Qatar Airways, the United Nations, and dozens more. He has traveled to more than one hundred countries and is a frequent speaker at conferences. He also serves on several boards.

David loves to make social science accessible to practitioners. He has been interviewed and referenced by myriad news sources, including The Atlantic, CBS News, Christian Science Monitor, The Economist, Forbes, NBC, the New York Times, USA Today, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the South China Post.

David and his wife, Linda live in San Diego, California. They have two adult daughters, Emily and Grace. Emily is embarking on a career as a litigation lawyer, and Grace is a graphic designer. Some of their favorite family activities are traveling (fortunately!) and discovering new foods together.

Visit www.davidlivermore.com and www.culturalq.com

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panadero
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Practicals and Important Paradigms
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Though some of the facts and figures in the beginning of the book are now outdated, the book is well-written and engaging and offers excellent practical application. I'd definitely recommend this book to anyone involved in intercultural ministry.
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KenW
5.0 out of 5 stars Must Read
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Wonderful book to open our eyes to cross-cultural trips. Wish I had read it 17 years ago before I made my first trip.
I can identify with some of the issues identified in the book - been there, and unfortunately, had done some of it!
Recommended reading/studying for anyone working abroad - short or long term trips - missions minded or work related; very appropriate information.
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S. Grotzke
4.0 out of 5 stars Thoughtful work to help us serve better
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2016
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Point: Short term missions needs to be evaluated, not because we should abandon the idea, but because we have drifted from the central purpose. That purpose is to properly love God and love others.

Path: Livermore begins his work with a brutally honest view of most short term missions, enough to leave you thinking, “we have really messed up…” Our motivation is often skewed, our sense of urgency robs their future, we shortcut true cultural learning by leveling the field, we tend to believe that our particular understanding of the Bible is the only correct one, we think money should make them happy, and we are overly simplistic. Those are difficult charges to swallow, but he does not leave the reader there. He moves on to describe a better way, and it is based in our understanding of God, his creation, and our response.

Sources: This work grows from research and experience, thought and evaluation. He sites other cultural books, missiology books, and current research, as well as personal evaluations of short-termers, and those whom were served.

Agreement: I thought that this work was a valuable rebuttal to the “Go out and have an adventure/missions trip” mentality. The strongest part of the book came in the last chapter. As he connected short term missions, and more specifically, CQ, with God’s purpose for mankind, it began a train of thought in my mind which I believe will have a long term effect. We engage in missions in order to more properly love God and love others. That does not mean that we will do whatever it takes to get a tract in their hand, it means that we will seriously sit down and listen to, seek to understand, attempt to carefully communicate with, and graciously lay down our lives for those who look differently, speak differently, think differently, and live differently. We do this because Jesus did so with us.
Second in potency was his teaching on CQ, which I also had from his other books. Very helpful.
There are also many good tips to engaging in CQ where you are at and on special trips.

Disagreement: I think his definition of missions and short term missions needs to be adjusted. He is too broad when he says, “Missions is at the very core of our calling. In my mind, missions isn’t something that started after Adam and Eve sinned, and it’s not just about getting souls saved. It’s about living in light of our creation as image bearers of God. Missions—short-term, long-term, overseas, next-door—is about giving people a living picture of who God is, what God cares about, and how God acts. Acting on God’s behalf was Adam and Eve’s purpose long before sin entered the picture” (Kindle 2346). I like his broad view of relationships, but I would rephrase what he is saying here. Intercultural relationships are one way in which God's image bearers can live out our created purpose - living in loving relationships with others and our Triune God.

Personal App: How am I viewing short term missions trips, and how am I viewing my immediate opportunities to minister right around me?

Favorite Quote: “How does our lack of cultural intelligence diminish our attempts to love God and love others? That’s the heart of the matter” (Livermore, Seeing, kindle 2560).

It would be worth another read and I would recommend it to someone who:
Is leading a missions trip
Has been on missions trips
Wants to interact with other cultures right at home

Other books along this theme would be:
Lanier, Sarah. Foreign to Familiar; A Guide to Understanding Hot- and Cold- Climate Cultures. McDougal, 2000.
Lingenfelter, Judith E., and Sherwood G. Lingenfelter. Teaching Cross-Culturally: An Incarnational Model for Learning and Teaching. Baker Academic, 2003.
Livermore, David A. Expand Your Borders: Discover Ten Cultural Clusters. Cultural Intelligence Center, 2013
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cathy boyles
5.0 out of 5 stars must read
Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2023
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Helped me to understand how to have a proper cultural understanding.
Will use what I have learned internationally and locally
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Elisabeth
5.0 out of 5 stars A Relevant Read and Call to Cultural Intelligence at Home and Abroad
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2020
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This book addresses the valid issues surrounding the potential to do more harm than good in global short term missions. Beyond an analysis of the issues, it offers solutions on how to approach global missions with cultural intelligence. A great read for those who desire to serve in a culturally competent and ethical manner.
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Thomas
5.0 out of 5 stars Must read if considering short term missions!
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2014
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I am currently serving full time in missions in a third world country. I often times see the problems associated with short term teams, who honestly come to help, but more often than not are unknowingly doing harm. David Livermore gives an excellent critique of the current short-term missions phenomena and does offer positive suggestions for how to overcome them with the cultural intelligence that he describes in the book. It should be required reading for any church that is planning on sending a team to do a short term mission anywhere. Then they can serve themselves and the people they wish to serve with eyes wide open and both will benefit more from the experience.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Mission critical
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2021
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Anyone considering leading a mission trip needs to read this book,
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Victoria Peterson
4.0 out of 5 stars this is an excellent book to help you get prepared
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2016
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If you are going on a short-term mission trip, this is an excellent book to help you get prepared. Serving isn't about changing the lives of individuals in other cultures to look like ours in the USA; it's about how God is going to change YOU!
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Gabriel
5.0 out of 5 stars Must read for short term missions!
Reviewed in Canada on January 24, 2019
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This book must be read by anyone who wants to have meaningful engagement in a cross-cultural environment. This book is defiantly meant for youth doing a DTS with YWAM!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on February 24, 2017
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Rebekah Sigler
4.0 out of 5 stars An Eye Opening Read
Reviewed in Canada on May 22, 2013
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This book is a must read for anyone considering mission work, whether short term or long term. So much of our short term missions can do damage to the very people we are going to serve. Read it, and be inspired to be make a positive difference in this world.
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