Global Trellis: The Podcast

Amy and Bernie talk to author Heather Fallis about her newest book, For Those Who Send: Prayers for Those With Loved Ones Serving Abroad. Heather shares how launching her daughter to college exposed the deep, unseen cost borne by parents, families, churches, and supporters as senders—and how liturgy gives them language for both grief and joy for their loved ones. Looking for a supporter gift? This episode, and book, could be just what you’re looking for!

🌐Heather’s Website: https://www.liturgiesforalifeabroad.com/

☝️Heather’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liturgiesforalifeabroad/

🙏Interested in liturgies? Read this article interview with Heather and listen to this podcast with Heather where she explains them https://globaltrellis.com/episode/43/

🎁 Looking for a supporter gift? Or a way to pray as a sender yourself? Get your copy of For Those Who Send: Prayers for Those With Loved Ones Serving Abroad today!

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When a global move is on the horizon—be it planned or abrupt—how do you handle the logistics, as well as the soul work of leaving well? In this episode, Amy and Bernie talk again with Karli VonHerbulis about a transition workbook, created especially for cross-cultural workers. This valuable resource is packed with practical tools, reflective prompts, and debrief-style questions to help cross-cultural workers transition with intention instead of regret.

✈️ Transitions Workbook: https://globaltrellis.com/shop/transition-workbook-the-spaces-between-nations/

🌿 Transition Workbook included in Global Trellis Insiders: https://globaltrellis.com/insiders/

✅ Kari VonHerbulis on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karlivonherbulis/

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Have you ever gone from talking to a neighbor in one language straight into a team meeting in a different language? Or written a newsletter and then WhatsApp messaged siblings about aging parents? Or worked all day and then headed to a ministry event in the evening. If you have, I bet that at times, those daily transitions haven't always gone as smoothly as you'd hoped. Why? Because you didn't know how to lock-through in your daily life. In this episode, Amy talks boats, locks, and how you can handle daily transitions. You can be “locked-in” and “locked-through.”

This is our first episode that comes with a PDF download and use as you listen to the episode. (You can listen without it, but after listening, you’ll want it!)

🚢 Get your PDF on being Locked-in and Locked-through here. https://globaltrellis.com/a-resource-for-transitions-you-face-every-day

📚 Strong Ground by Brené Brown

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Most organizations have a sexual harassment policy to handle incidents within their organization. Far fewer have a plan for what to actually do when an incident happens in the host culture. Stacey Covell returns to the show to join Amy and Bernie in unpacking best practices for handling the “dog bites” (isolated incidents) and “mosquito bites” (frequent reality) that your people experience. We’ve created a “best practices” document that you can download and use as is. Or feel free to use it as a starting point. It’s yours to use!

Now you can cover incidents within your organization and within the host culture. 🙌

📖 Read and download the best practices here: https://globaltrellis.com/best-practices-for-handling-sexual-harassment-abuse-and-assault-within-a-host-culture/

🔬 You can also find it on the Research page for Let’s Talk About It: Sexual Harassment, Abuse, and Assault on the Field:
https://globaltrellis.com/lets-talk-about-sexual-harassment/

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It’s no surprise that Amy and Bernie love books! In this fun episode each brings three books they’ve recently read—a novel, a cross-cultural pick, and a surprise—to spark your imagination, help tend your soul, and strengthen long-haul life in ministry. What are you reading right now? Leave your answers in the comments! We’d love to know!

Theo of Golden – Alan Levi
A tender, character-driven novel about an 86-year-old who quietly blesses strangers, inviting readers to really see and honor the image of God in others. Kindness in action.

Have You Seen Luis Velez? – Catherine Ryan Hyde
A moving story of friendship between a vulnerable blind woman and a teenage boy, exploring dignity, cross-generational connection, and learning to really notice people. You’ll love it!

Culture Care: Reconnecting with Beauty for Our Common Life (2nd ed.) – Makoto Fujimura
Argues that culture is a garden to be cultivated, not a war to be won, offering a hopeful vision for artists, leaders, and cross-cultural workers as “border-stalkers.” You’ll be inspired.

The Major and the Missionary: The Letters of Warren Hamilton Lewis and Blanche Biggs – ed. Diana Pavlac Glyer
A decades-long letter exchange between C.S. Lewis’s brother and a missionary doctor, giving rare, honest insight into cross-cultural life, friendship, and long obedience. Delightful read.

Liturgies of the Wild: The Myths That Make Us – Martin Shaw
A beautifully written, imaginative meditation on themes like death, envy, and prayer that helps restore a “myth-rich” inner world and tend the soul of those who never quite feel at home. Food for your soul!

Incorruptible: Why Good Companies Go Bad and How Great Companies Stay Great – Eric Ries
Explores how systems drift toward corruption and short-termism, and how to design structures with a “gravitational pull” toward long-term health—highly relevant for ministries and organizations. Must read (or listen to)!

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