Global Trellis: The Podcast
by Amy Young & Bernie Anderson
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Twenty Years of Formation: Going to the Field in Midlife with Cheryl…
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About this podcast
Where we explore all that goes into being a person with a tended soul and an expanding skill set serving the Great Commission.
Episodes
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- Twenty Years of Formation: Going to the Field in Midlife with Cheryl Ens · 29 minTwo days after her last shift as an OR nurse, Cheryl Ens joins Amy and Bernie to talk about moving to Guatemala in midlife, raising support in 2026, and why no season of…
- 30 Days of Prayer and Learning for Your Host Country with Karli Von Herbulis · 18 minHow do you love the place God has called you to, especially when culture stress makes it hard? Karli Von Herbulis joins Amy and Bernie to share 30 Days of Prayer and Learning, a…
- How to Keep Up with Work While Traveling on the Field · 22 minHow do you keep up with work while traveling without missing the point of the trip? Amy and Bernie share practical ways to travel with less pressure: adjust your expectations…
- Managers, Firefighters, and Exiles: Understanding Your Soul With Melanie Moxness · 32 minIn this episode, Melanie Moxness joins Amy and Bernie to explore the characters who often shape our inner lives: Managers, firefighters, and exiles. Drawing on the book…
- Seven Paths after the Field from Seven Unlikely Mentors · 41 minSometimes the guide you need shows up in the last place you'd look. For Amy, it was a book about seven U.S. presidents. Life After Power by Jared Cohen follows what each of them…
- Unstuck: Getting Out of Relational Ditches with Charlene Benson · 29 minIn this episode, Amy and Bernie talk with counselor and author Charlene Benson about her book Unstuck and her simple but powerful model for navigating relational conflict. Using…
- Theology of the Body with Melanie Moxness: Finding God in Pain, Fatigue, and Recovery · 29 minAmy and Bernie have a fun and helpful conversation with Melanie Moxness who shares how long COVID, injury, and prolonged physical healing led her to a practical "theology of the…
- Small Faithfulness Over Time Adds Up · 25 minYou’re doing better than you think! In this episode, Amy shares five very different milestones—spanning 18 months to 90 years—converging to reveal one core truth: your quiet…
- Which Zone Are You In? The Comfort, Stretch, and Panic Zones with Scott Brennan · 29 minWhich zone are you in? Scott Brennan along with Amy and Bernie explore the comfort zone, stretch zone, and panic zone—a simple framework for understanding spiritual formation…
- 15 Minutes of Fun: Play as a Spiritual Practice with Lori Ferrell · 27 minLori Ferrell joins Amy and Bernie to explore play as a spiritual practice, drawing on her own burnout and the sabbatical that helped her rediscover joy. They talk through why…
- The One Hundredth Episode: A High-Five of Celebration · 32 minAmy and Bernie go through the High Five of Celebration as they review the first 100 episodes. High-five to you, our guests, listeners, and stream members who have one hundred…
- Liturgies for Those Who Send with Heather Fallis · 23 minAmy 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…
- Moving Countries? Thriving Through Transition with Karli Von Herbulis · 18 minWhen 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…
- Handle the Small Transitions in Your Day with This Resource · 29 minHave 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…
- Best Practices for Handling Sexual Harassment, Abuse, and Assault Within a Host Culture · 36 minMost 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…
- Six Book Recommendations for You from Amy and Bernie · 26 minIt’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…
- What's the Role of Men in Sexual Harassment? Insights from Tom Jones · 35 minMany men in cross-cultural work feel confused about their role when the women around them—wives, single teammates, daughters—face harassment. The instinct to protect and fix…
- From Avoidance to Peace: Janeen Davis on Resolving Field Conflict · 39 minDo you avoid conflict, or actually resolve it? Dr. Janeen Davis used to run from hard conversations on the field, until she found "Peace Pursuit," a biblically-grounded model for…
- Single and Serving: A Decade-by-Decade Look at Single Life in Cross-Cultural Work · 38 minAmy and Bernie walk through the stages of singleness on the field—from flexible 20s to calling questions in the 30s, the “in-between” 40s, and the realities of aging parents and…
- Why Some TCKs Thrive and Others Don't with Anna Danforth · 33 minWhy do some third culture kids come through a cross-cultural childhood resilient and rooted, while others quietly struggle to feel like they belong anywhere? Author and coach…
