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.
Read MoreGet 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.
Read MoreThere is another significant shape among workers that needs our attention.
Read MoreThis month and next I would like to share with you my favorite story that helps explain why workers seem so, well, different.
Read MoreIs all “fun” created equal? And is it okay for workers to have fun?!
Read MoreWhat value does worker assessment bring?
Read MoreAs we continue the conversation about effective debriefings, let’s look at one helpful model.
Read MoreLast 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.
Read MoreI’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.
Read MoreLet’s revisit the ideas that Andy’s stories pointed toward last month, and talk about some helpful principles.
Read MoreWhat are important considerations when you’re planning a visit to your workers?! Get some thoughts on this.
Read MoreLet’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.
Read MoreAs 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.
Read MoreMissionaries are people. That may sound like an all-too-simple statement, but more often than not churches, care providers, and mission committees can treat or, at the very least, conceive of their missionaries as caricatures, not people.
Read MoreFriends and former teammates Archie Chankin and Andy Johnson share about the ways that teammates can provide soul care for one another.
Read MoreOur guest writer shares thoughts on how workers and churches can understand each other better.
Read MoreThis conversation takes a look at anxiety and the worker, and offers some important perspectives on how to help your worker stay healthy.
Read MoreThis conversation is focused on the impact of trauma on cross-cultural workers, and how to provide a safe and non-anxious presence to those you support when they face it.
Read MoreThis is the first of a three-month series on mental health issues in worker care. Missy Gray from MRN and Jeff Holland from Pioneer Bible Institute will be talking about burnout, trauma, and anxiety, and how we can be a supportive, non-anxious presence to the cross-cultural workers we support.
Read MoreAs we wrap up six months of getting to know cross-cultural servants better through the Messenger, Andy Johnson, MRN’s director of care, helps us consider some of the unique stressors facing global workers as well as offers brief counsel on how to begin addressing them.
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