Beyond the White Noise

In an intricately woven book of personal essays based on his missionary service in the Philippines, the author shares hard-won insights into how we can replace the old, neocolonial concept of mission with co-mission, a mutually liberating model for cross-cultural partnership. With wry humility, he tells how he learned to be quiet, listen, and understand "the healing language of the heart." By the end of the book, we are not across the ocean but across the street, as he applies his compassionate listening methodology to the mounting challenges posed by the U.S. multiculture.