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6) Robby Recommends: 50 Best iPhone Apps 2012 —

Feb 19, 2012 | 1 |

Robby’s been at it again. He’s found a great list of the best iPhone apps for 2012. See it at… 50 Best iPhone Apps 2012 (Note: This last link will “wrap.” If you have trouble copying...

7) Linguistics for Bible translation or language learning —

Feb 19, 2012 | 0 |

Are you interested in Bible translation or other missionary work? Your best tool in training will be to learn how to understand and learn the language. SIL at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, has the courses you...

8) Five Core Values to Ethical Member Care —

Feb 19, 2012 | 0 |

This past week, Kelly and Michèle O’Donnell wrote Brigada to discuss “Working Together: Five Core Values to Ethical Member Care.” Taken from a discussion in “Global Member Care” (2011, page 158), the...

9) We are Grateful for support from… —

Feb 19, 2012 | 0 |

*** Clover Sites (because a Brigada participant opened up a Clover website), who sent a gift of $100 to Brigada. *** A friend of Brigada’s in Coldwater, Michigan, who sent $20 and lots of prayers this past week. Thank you!...

10) The BackPage: Reflections on a Missed Originating Flight —

Feb 19, 2012 | 0 |

As I write this BackPage, I’m sitting in the Louisville airport having missed my first originating flight in 33 years of flying. How many times have I cut it close before? Countless. I remember a trip to the airport in Fez...

1) Chompin’ at the Bits to Learn CHE? Here’s your Chance —

Feb 12, 2012 | 1 |

I don’t know how Tim has done it — but somehow he has priced a full CHE TOT1 course, led by the guy who some say virtually invented it, at a price so low it seems impossible. I know I’m in — and I’d...

2) Snag a Platinum AMEX card and get 50,000 free Points —

Feb 12, 2012 | 2 |

It’s true. For a limited time, sign up for an American Express Platinum Card and, as soon as you spend $3000 on something within the first 3 months, you’ll receive 50,000 extra bonus Membership Reward points. In...

3) What’s the Best Computer-assisted Language Learning Tool? —

Feb 12, 2012 | 5 |

That’s the question we were asked this past week. The Brigada participant was aware of… http://www.livemocha.com billed as “The World’s Largest Language Learning Community,” and ...

4) The Ups and Downs of Being a Missionary —

Feb 12, 2012 | 2 |

This new book by Eleanor Rowe and Marjorie Collins is, according to my wife :-), a “really, really simple, easy read.” She added that “if you are considering becoming a career missionary or even going on a...

5) 5 Languages Of Appreciation In The Work Place —

Feb 12, 2012 | 0 |

With subtitle, “Empowering Organizations By Encouraging People,” author Gary Chapman and psychologist Dr. Paul White have teamed up to write this newly released book to help supervisors and managers effectively...