Let’s talk about recognizing our limits.
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Maybe the journey of my church family can be helpful to you.
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How is adapting to culture a moving target for workers and their churches?
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Get the answer to this question from a series of people with long-term cross-cultural experience: What do I wish my church had known about me, my family, or my work during my time on the field? Jay Jarboe is sharing insights from his years serving in Mexico City.
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Get the answer to this question from a series of people with long-term cross-cultural experience: What do I wish my church had known about me, my family, or my work during my time on the field? C and J are sharing from their experience serving on another continent.
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Get the answer to this question from a series of people with long-term cross-cultural experience: What do I wish my church had known about me, my family, or my work during my time on the field? In this blog, you’ll get the perspective of Alan Howell, who served in Mozambique with his family for 15 years.
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Get the answer to this question from a series of people with long-term cross-cultural experience: What do I wish my church had known about me, my family, or my work during my time on the field? Mark Hooper, who spent 5 years in India with his young family, shares from his experiences.
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Get the answer to this question from a series of people with long-term cross-cultural experience: What do I wish my church had known about me, my family, or my work during my time on the field? This month, David is sharing from his 25 years of serving in Thailand.
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Get the answer to this question from a series of people with long-term cross-cultural experience: What do I wish my church had known about me, my family, or my work during my time on the field? First up is Andy Johnson, who lived and served in Burkina Faso.
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There is another significant shape among workers that needs our attention.
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This month and next I would like to share with you my favorite story that helps explain why workers seem so, well, different.
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Is all “fun” created equal? And is it okay for workers to have fun?!
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What value does worker assessment bring?
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As we continue the conversation about effective debriefings, let’s look at one helpful model.
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Last month, we started our talk about debriefing: what it is, when to use each type, and what to keep in mind if you are caring for workers. This month, we are going to talk about some considerations for planning a debrief.
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I’m a big believer that stories deserve to be told. That the act of telling a story can be in and of itself beneficial and powerful. That the storyteller benefits from having space to set their story between us on the table where we are drinking coffee together (or the Zoom screen where we meet), so we can both look at it and laugh, or cry, or talk about why it matters.
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Let’s revisit the ideas that Andy’s stories pointed toward last month, and talk about some helpful principles.
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What are important considerations when you’re planning a visit to your workers?! Get some thoughts on this.
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Let’s look for a moment at each cause for an electrical system to break down and consider how this might look in the life of a global worker.
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As we together kick off a new year of learning about and serving cross-cultural workers, I invite you to learn with me about cultural humility. Developing this mindset in serving workers can be a powerful way of caring for the people we serve.
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