Today, Amy and Bernie sit down with spiritual directors Beth Forshee and David Wu to explore how vices and virtues shape the “garden of the soul,” especially for cross-cultural workers. You’ll discover a fresh, grace-filled way to understand your struggles—not as failures to fix, but as invitations from Jesus to deeper trust—along with practical tools like prayers of detachment, meditation, and everyday practices to cultivate Christlike character in the midst of the real pressures of life and ministry.

How to build a rule of life for cross-cultural worker course with Beth Forshee

The (many 😀) resource at globaltrellis.com from Beth Forshee.

David and Cindy Wu’s Mosaic Formation

Spiritual Direction with Beth Forshee

Global Trellis Insiders (Rule of Life is included)

Global Trellis: The Podcast

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Cross-cultural workers often spend most of their energy working in ministry, but what about working on it? Africa Regional Director and Director of Wellness for her organization, Karli Von Herbulis shares how Global Trellis Insiders has helped her develop both personally and professionally through curated growth tracks, trauma-informed workshops, and practical resources accessible from anywhere in the world. Amy, Bernie, and Karli discuss why spaces like Insiders are so important for sustaining healthy, skillful ministry over time.

Karli’s podcast episode on How to Handle All You are Carrying on the Field

Her article How to Picture All You’re Carrying on the Field

Working In vs. Working On Your Ministry podcast episode. (Listen here)

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Cross-cultural workers are trained to work in their ministry—rarely on it. Like any vehicle, you use it to go somewhere, not to maintain it. But if 100% of the time is spent driving or riding and 0% maintaining, breakdown is inevitable. In this episode, Amy and Bernie unpack what it means to work "in" your ministry and "on" it and why investing in the “maintenance” side of ministry is essential for long-term sustainability.

Global Trellis: The Podcast

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