{"product_id":"bridges-across-borders-a-fulbright-journey-through-amman-jordan-hardcover","title":"Bridges Across Borders: A Fulbright Journey Through Amman, Jordan - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWalter McCollum\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book, \u003cem\u003eBridges Across Borders\u003c\/em\u003e, is my attempt to tell that story in full. It is not a technical manual, though it contains technical elements; nor is it a travelogue, though it includes journeys to remarkable places. It is a narrative about what happens when professional expertise, cultural immersion, and spiritual openness meet in a single year, in a single city, under the banner of a program created to foster understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the chapters that follow, I invite you into that year. You will ride with me from the airport to ACOR, walk into the Jordanian-American Commission for Educational Exchange, and step into ministry offices where presidential hiring is debated. You will visit universities, research centers, and museums; stand with me in the Roman Amphitheatre and on the heights of the Citadel; float in the Dead Sea; look out from Mount Nebo; and descend to Bethany Beyond the Jordan, where baptismal waters carry stories thousands of years old.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, you will see how consulting and higher-education skills can impact social change across an entire kingdom; how cross-cultural integration and long-term relationships make that impact possible; and how, in the midst of policy work and institutional reform, a person can experience spiritual emersion and affirmation of self-worth in a host country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFulbright gave me the opportunity to build bridges between my home context and Jordan. This book is a reflection on what those bridges looked like-structurally, culturally, and spiritually-and an invitation to others who feel called to cross borders, listen deeply, and let their own journeys be transformed in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67840892567704,"sku":"9789695293287","price":75.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/j9v-DqNZTI9789695293287.webp?v=1793321458","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobookstore.com\/products\/bridges-across-borders-a-fulbright-journey-through-amman-jordan-hardcover","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}