{"id":5313,"date":"2014-06-12T10:16:36","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T15:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=5313"},"modified":"2014-07-04T20:24:57","modified_gmt":"2014-07-05T01:24:57","slug":"foreign-to-familiar-by-sarah-lanier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=5313","title":{"rendered":"Foreign to Familiar by Sarah Lanier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Preparing for a ministry trip in the Dominican Republic, a group from Liberty Baptist is reading through this insightful little book by Sarah Lanier &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Foreign-Familiar-Understanding-Climate-Cultures-ebook\/dp\/B0040JHQVS\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1402585193&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=foreign+to+familiar\" target=\"_blank\">Foreign to Familiar; A Guide to Understanding Hot- and Cold- Climate Cultures<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-12-at-10.15.11-AM.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5314 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-12-at-10.15.11-AM-244x300.png?resize=244%2C300\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-06-12 at 10.15.11 AM\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-12-at-10.15.11-AM.png?resize=244%2C300&amp;ssl=1 244w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-12-at-10.15.11-AM.png?w=265&amp;ssl=1 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I will be adding to the thought questions for each chapter over the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Introduction:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is one reason why we should take time to think about how different cultures communicate?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chapter 1:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Looking at your immediate family, which culture do you think it would best fit into?<\/li>\n<li>Have you ever run into conflict with the opposing culture? What did it look like?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chapter 2:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What are some things that are important to hot climate cultures?<\/li>\n<li>What are some things that are important to cold climate cultures?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chapter 3:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Would living in a hot culture like some she described be frustrating to you or relaxing for you? Why would you say that?<\/li>\n<li>Can you think of\u00a0certain people with whom you\u00a0respond in a warm culture way rather than a cold culture way?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chapter 4:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>While reading this chapter, were there any times that you thought, &#8220;I can&#8217;t believe they think that way!?&#8221; When?<\/li>\n<li>Can you think of any ways that individualism can be an\u00a0inferior mentality?<\/li>\n<li>Are there any times in the Bible when believers are called to think in a group-oriented\u00a0manner?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chapter 5:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When would a hot culture&#8217;s view of possessions be enjoyable? When would it not?<\/li>\n<li>With your close friends do you see a different culture emerge? How so?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chapter 6:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comment on the quote: &#8220;Sarah\u2026They won&#8217;t drop everything to sit in a formal living room with you.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chapter 7:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>List one thing that stuck out to you about dress and greetings in low and high context cultures. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chapter 8:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What do you plan on telling yourself when those in the DR run on a different time than us?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chapter 9:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have you ever thought about re-entry as being difficult? Why do you think that may be?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chapter 10:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thinking back over this book, what is one thing that stuck out to you?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preparing for a ministry trip in the Dominican Republic, a group from Liberty Baptist is reading through this insightful little book by Sarah Lanier &#8211;\u00a0Foreign to Familiar; A Guide to Understanding Hot- and Cold- Climate Cultures\u00a0 I will be adding &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=5313\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-the-world","category-missions"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34kFn-1nH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5313"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5326,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5313\/revisions\/5326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}