Project Suma

Our Approach

• Living Mission: The Voices and Vision of New Friars, Scott A. Bessenecker, Shane Claiborne

• Constants in Context: A Theology of Mission for Today, Stephen B. Bevans, Roger P. Schroeder

• Introducing Liberation Theology, Boff, Boff

• Missions and Money: Affluence As a Missionary Problem, Jonathan J. Bonk

• Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission, David J. Bosch

• Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead, Brené Brown

• The Prophetic Imagination, Walter Brueggemann

• When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself, Steve Corbett, Brian Fikkert

• God of the Empty Handed, Jayakumar Christian

• The Reckless Way of Life, Dorothy Day

• We Drink from our Own Wells, Gustavo Gutierrez

• Reconciling All Things: A Christian Vision for Justice, Peace, and Healing, Katongole, Rice

• The Compassion Fatigue Workbook: Creative Tools for Transforming Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Traumatization, Françoise Mathieu

• The Wounded Healer, Henri Nouwen

• Compassion: A Reflection on the Christian Life, Nouwen, McNeill & Morrison

• What is Integral Mission? Rene Padilla

• Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition, Christine Pohl

• What's So Amazing About Grace, Philp Yancey

• Love is an Orientation, Andrew Marin, Brian McLaren

• The Open Secret: An Introduction to the Theology of Mission, Lesslie Newbigin

• Power and Poverty

• Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn

• Walking with the Poor: Principles and Practices of Transformational Development, Bryant L. Myers

• Friendship at the Margins: Discovering Mutuality in Service and Mission, Christine D. Pohl

• The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical, Shane Claiborne

• The Word Became Flesh, E. Stanley Jones

• Exclusion and Embrace, Miroslav Volf

• Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent, Eduardo Galeano, Jonathan Davis

• Faith That Indigenizes: Neo-Pentecostal Aimara Identity, Marcelo Vargas A.

Community

BOOKS

• Life Together, Dietrich Bonhoeffer

• Designed for Good: Rediscovering the Idea, Language, and Practice of Virtue, Kevin Brown

• Disunity in Christ, Christena Cleveland

• Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life, Henry Cloud and John Townsend

• The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey of Self-Discovery, Cron & Stabile

• The Wolf Shall Dwell with the Lamb, Eric H F Law

• Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High, Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler

• Living into Community, Christine Pohl

• Emotionally Healthy Spirituality:It's Impossible to Be Spiritually Mature, While Remaining Emotionally Immature, Peter Scazzero

• You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit, James K.A. Smith

• The Path Between Us: An Enneagram Journey to Healthy Relationships, Stabile

• From Brokenness to Community, Jean Vanier

• Community and Growth, Jean Vanier

• The Wisdom of Stability, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

ONLINE RESOURCES

• Clifton Strengths Finder

• The Enneagram Institute

• 16Personalities

• The 6 Types of Working Genius

Cross-Cultural Ministry

BOOKS

• Gracias: A Latin American Journal, Henri Nouwen

• Foreign to Familiar: A Guide to Understanding Hot and Cold Climate Cultures

• Figuring Foreigners Out: The Art of Crossing Cultures

• The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business

• Ministering Cross-Culturally: An Incarnational Model for Personal Relationships

• Misunderstood: The impact of growing up overseas in the 21st century

• Emotional Resilience and the Expat Child: Practical Storytelling Techniques That Will Strengthen the Global Family

• The Spirituality of Fundraising

• The God Ask

• Funding Your Ministry

• The Wisdom of Stability, John Wilson-Hartgrove

• Missions and Money: Affluence As a Missionary Problem, Jonathan J. Bonk

• Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent, Eduardo Galeano, Jonathan Davis

• Faith That Indigenizes: Neo-Pentecostal Aimara Identity, Marcelo Vargas A.

• The Wolf Shall Dwell with the Lamb, Eric H F Law

• Cultural Intelligence, David Livermore

• The Lausanne Covenant

ONLINE RESOURCES

• Velvet Ashes: Encouragement for Women Serving Overseas

• A Life Overseas: A Cross-Cultural Conversation

Spirituality

BOOKS

• Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible's View of Women, Sarah Bessey

• Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth: Prayers of Walter Brueggemann, Walter Brueggemann Edwin Searcy

• The Liberating Mission of Jesus: The Message of the Gospel of Luke, Dario López R.

• Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals, Claiborne, Wilson-Hartgrove, Okoro

• Deep Changes: When the Gospel Transforms What the Heart Desires, Nicolas Emilio Tranchini

• In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership, Henri Nouwen

• The Jesus I Never Knew, Philip Yancey

• Every Moment Holy: New Liturgies for Daily Life, Volume I, II or III

• In the Name of Jesus

• Invitation to a Journey

• Can You Drink the Cup?

• In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership

• Spirituality of the Road

• The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible's Grand Narrative

• The Story Of God The Story Of Us, Gladding

• Clowning in Rome

• The Way of the Heart

• How God Became King:The Forgotten Story of the Gospels, N. T. Wright

• Poverty

• The Human Condition: Contemplation and Transformation

• Poverty of Spirit

• The Rest of God

• Praying Our Goodbyes

• A Long Obedience in the Same Direction, Eugene Peterson

• Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis

• Hearing God, Dallas Willard

• Invitation to a Journey, Robert Mulholland

• Reconciling All Things: A Christian Vision for Justice, Peace, and Healing, Katongole & Rice

• Simply Christian, N.T. Wright

• Suffering, Dorothee Soelle

• Surprised by Hope, N.T. Wright

• The Cost of Discipleship, Dietrich Bonhoeffer

• The Gift of Being Yourself, David Benner

• The Gift of Wonder, Christine Aroney-Sine

APPS

• Lectio 365

ONLINE

• God Space

• The Presence Project

VIDEOS

• The Beloved Sermon Series, Henri Nouwen

• The Chosen

Pornography

BOOKS

• Good Pictures Bad Pictures: Porn-Proofing Today's Young Kids, Kristen A. Jenson M.A

• Your Brain On Porn: Internet Pornography and the Emerging Science of Addiction, Gary Wilson

APPS

• Canopy

• Bark

ONLINE

• Defend Young Minds

• NetSmartz

• Common Prayer

Trafficking, Prostitution & Abuse

BOOKS

• The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel van der Kolk

• The Wounded Heart: Hope for Adult Victims of Childhood Sex, Dan Allender

• Truth and Repair: How Trauma Survivors Envision Justice, Judith Lewis Herman MD

• We Were the Least of These: Reading the Bible with Survivors of Sexual Abuse, Elaine Heath

• Prostitution, Trafficking and Traumatic Stress, Melissa Farley

• Global Perspectives on Prostitution and Sex Trafficking: Europe, Latin America, North America, and Global, by Rochelle Dalla, Lynda Baker, John Defrain, Celia Williamson

VIDEOS

• Is Prostitution a Choice?

• Volviendo

• Sex Sells: Who pays the price?

ONLINE

• Prostitution Research and Education

• Toolkit for building survivor informed organizations

• The 6 C’s of Becoming an Advocate, Survivor Alliance

STUDIES

• Violence Exposure Among Women in the Sex Industry and Their Children in El Alto, Bolivia: a Comparative Cross-Sectional Study

• Underground Lives: Forgotten Children: The Intergenerational Impact of Modern Slavery

• A Performance Study of the Bolivian Public Justice System

• Trauma-informed Bible Study for Survivors of Sexual Trauma

Spanish

LIBROS

• El Corazon Herido: Hay esperanza para los que han sido de abuso sexual en su infancia, Dan Allender

• Jesús Feminista: Una Invitación a Revisar la Visión de la Biblia Sobre las Mujeres, Sarah Bessey

• El Poder de Ser Vulnerable: ¿Qué Te Atreverías a Hacer si el Miedo no te Paralizara?, Brene Brown

• Cuando Ayudar Hace Daño: Cómo Aliviar la Pobreza Sin Lastimar a los Pobres ni a uno Mismo, Steve Corbett, Brian Fikkert

• Las Venas Abiertas de América Latina, Eduardo Galeano

• Beber En Su Propio Pozo, Gustavo Gutierrez

• La Misión Liberadora de Jesús: El mensaje del Evangelio de Lucas, Darío López R.

• Compasión En La Vida Cotidiana, Nouwen, McNeill & Morrison

• El Sanador Herido, Henri Nouwen

• Las venas abiertas de América Latina, Eduardo Galeano

• ¿Qué es la Misión Integral?, Rene Padilla

• Conversaciones Cruciales:Herramientas para Comunicar Mejor Cuando Más se Necesita, Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler

• Ninguna Mujer Nace Para Puta, Maria Galindo y Sonia Sánchez

• Hacia la Resiliencia

• Teología para la misión hoy: Constantes en Contexto, Stephen B. Bevans, Roger P. Schroeder

• Espiritualidad emocionalmente sana: Es imposible Tener Madurez Espiritual Si Somos Inmaduros Emocionalmente, Peter Scazzero

• Cambios Profundos: Cuando el Evangelio Transforma los Deseos de Corazón, Nicolas Emilio Tranchini

• El Cuerpo Lleva la Cuenta: Cerebro, Mente y Cuerpo en la Superación del Trauma, Bessel van der Kolk

• Gracia Divina vs. Condena Humana, Philip Yancey

VIDEOS

• Volviendo

EN LINEA

• Comunidad de Derechos Humanos

• 18 Mitos Sobre la Prostitución

• NetSmartz

• El Pacto de Lausana

• El Sexo Vende: ¿Quién Paga el Precio?

• Tu Eres Mi Amado, Henri Nouwen

• Los Elegidos

• 16personalidades

APPS

• Lectio 365

ESTUDIOS

• Los Hombres que Pagan por Sexo en Alemania y lo que nos Enseñan Sobre el Fracaso del Modelo de Prostitución Legal

• Estudios Biblicos para Sobrevivientes

• Estudio de Rendimiento del Sistema de Justicia Boliviano

• Detrás de las Cuatro Paredes: Evangélicos y la Violencia Doméstica en Bolivia