2010-08-07T15:53:32-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/trait/ http://internetevangelismday.com/bookreviews/foreign-to-familiar.php 2010-08-07T15:53:32-05:00 Weather shapes our different national cultures more than we realise. A cross-cultural worker with wide experience, Lanier explains the vital differences between hot- and cold-climate cultures. This is not just of passing interest, because it dramatically affects how we communicate the gospel within different cultures. In a cold-climate culture, social life is lived primarily within the home. In a hot-climate culture, community life and relationships are conducted outside. Hot-climate cultures are far more relational, much less task-oriented.