Missionaries of the State: The Summer Institute of Linguistics, State Formation, and Indigenous Mexico, 1935–1985 by Todd Hartch is a key historical examination. It traces the development of SIL in Mexico, its collaborations with the government, and the rise of opposition from Mexican anthropologists and indigenous movements.
Fishers of Men or Builders of Empire?: The Wycliffe Translators in Latin America by David Stoll offers a critical perspective on SIL's activities, particularly its connection to Wycliffe Bible Translators and its impact in Latin America.
Living a New Creation life feels right and necessary to me. I resonate with the hope of everything being Better, re-made into infinite wholeness and growth and communion with God.