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Resiliency
by Antioch Resiliency
Have you ever wondered what keeps some missionaries on the field for ages? Is it stubbornness or is there more? Researchers are discovering that certain clusters of qualities together make some people more resilient than others. “Resiliency” is a Member Care podcast that takes a dive into the world of grit and stretch-ability to help us better understand and grow in our ability to go through difficulties and come out on the other side better and stronger. Join co-hosts Silas West and Steve Findley in their conversations about resiliency with experts, field workers and those who support them.
Episodes
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Episode 64- Parenting Series 1/4 "Grace for Today" with Daniel and Melissa
"God gives us grace for everything that happens in your life but there is no grace for worrying about the things that don't happen..." Our young-but-wise guests share about the early stages of parenting while living in the Middle East. Join us as we launch the first of four parenting episodes.
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Episode 63- Facilitating Resiliency in Local Believers with John Weaver
Sometimes as expatriate believers, we underestimate how much our words impact local believers. John Weaver talks to us today about how to facilitate a culture of hearing from God in local believers--which, he says, results in resilience. He says that sometimes we get in the way of our local...
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Episode 62- The Rainbow of God's Grace with Ron and Janine Parrish
“Retirement off-shore” is NOT why Ron and Janine Parrish are living in the tropical paradise of the Indonesian archipelago! Instead, as 60+ year-old grandparents they are making disciples and mentoring the next generation to plant churches among the 129 UPGs of this nation they love and for which...
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Episode 61- "Living From The Heart Jesus Gave You" with Michael Sullivant
Michael Sullivant works with the organization, Life Model Works, which resources churches and organizations by combining cutting edge brain-science with spiritual formation to optimize human maturity and transformation into the image of Christ. Not only was our conversation about the intersection...
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Episode 60- "You aren't as important as you think" with Chris P
Today's guest, Chris P-veteran overseas church planter and pastor-had this revelation as he reveled in the rest and restoration he received and the very intentional separation he was able to make from ministry work and other responsibilities during his recent sabbatical. Hear Chris share about…
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Episode 59- Life with Kids on the Streets in Romania with David Chronic
“The best thing we’ve done is…stay and provide a long-term presence.” And stay he has, as David has lived among, served, and loved the most vulnerable of the poor since 1998 in the Eastern European nation or Romania. Silas and Steve treasured every moment sitting and talking to this long-time...
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Episode 58- What We've Learned: Reflections on 57 episodes of Resiliency with guest interviewer Mick Murray
In this episode, Steve and Silas are joined by guest interviewer and podcaster, Mick Murray. Mick helps Steve and Silas reflect over the past 57 episodes of Resiliency and pull out favorite parts, things they have learned and what they think are priceless moments of interviewing so many amazing...
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Episode 57- From Solitude to Community to Ministry with Rachel Dyachenko
Henri Nouwen wrote an article "From Solitude to Community to Ministry" where he writes that it is only in knowing who we are in solitude with God that we can effectively live with one another in community and then together, do ministry. For years, Rachel has been living from that paradigm in her...
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Episode 56- Keys to Long Haul Living with Dr. Burritt Hess
You know those people who just exude peace as you spend time them? Or wisdom? Or love? Our guest for episode 56 is such a man…on all three accounts! Waco physician Dr. Hess (Previous guest in Episode 52) is with us again, zeroing in this episode on personal disciplinary habits and rhythms that…
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Episode 55- Grief and the Holidays by Silas West
A number of global workers have shared how difficult it is to face the loss of the holiday season. COVID-19 complicates an already difficult time of year for some people. At the request of some of those who have asked Silas to share what he has shared with them on the podcast, he draws from...
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Episode 54- The Fellowship of Sharing in Jesus’s Suffering with Jonathan and Nicole
How would you respond if the month before you were to deploy to a war-torn nation, the leader of it publicly declared that any nationals who converted to Christianity would be subject to imprisonment and/or the death penalty, and any foreigners associated with that conversion would experience the...
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Episode 53- “I Have a Work for You to do in Edinburgh” with Tom and Leigh Anne Fraley
“I Have a Work for You to do in Edinburgh”. That word of the Lord, confirmed through a praying saint, launched Tom and Leigh Anne to Scotland 13+ years ago. God’s word was tested by a battle with cancer and a 50% chance of survival prognosis. The testing continued through the first seven years of...
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Episode 52- Pre-Field Prep with Burritt Hess
Waco, TX physician Burritt Hess is no stranger to the world of global missions. Not only is he married to a Third Culture Kid, he has been serving the medical needs of missionaries for decades. In today’s interview, we have a conversation with Burritt about necessary elements of pre-field...
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Episode 51- Loving and Serving the Least of These in Sierra Leone with Cami Goble
Cami was an impoverished latchkey kid growing up in a single parent household. That's where she first encountered Jesus through, of all things, a TV commercial where He invited her to share His heart for vulnerable children in Africa. Christ’s heart of compassion grew from a concern into a…
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Episode 50- Processing The Issues Of Your Heart with Steve and Mindy Peterson
"Its never too late for a fresh start". These words still ring in my head whenever I (Silas) am faced with an offense or loss. In 2004, during a sabbatical year from the field, Steve and his wife Mindy invested in our lives personally and through their ministry which is now called Fresh Start For...
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Episode 49- Brokenness and Pain Can Lead to Transformation and Fruitfulness with Josh and Tsagaana
After 20 years of marriage and ministry in Asia, this beautifully broken bi-cultural couple have an experience of and perspective on ever-increasing nearness to Jesus that will nourish your soul and build your faith. “We should have this expectation-that the journey is difficult,” says Josh with…
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Episode 48- Resiliency through Bicultural Family, Prayer, and Community
A bi-cultural family in La Paz, Bolivia shares with us what makes them resilient. Learning to embrace one another's cultures and investing in the culture they live in has been key to making it work for Cara and Mache Contreras. But so has intentional prayer and valuing the role of their community...
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Episode 47- Is My Kid Going to be Okay? with Melissa Shipman
Melissa is a passionate education consultant for MKs and TCKs. She brings a wealth of experience to bear on the question so many of our listeners face: “What do we do about educating our kids?” From developing a philosophy of education, prefield education planning, to academic testing, Melissa...
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Episode 46- Waves of God's Peace- Imprisoned by the Taliban with Dayna
We ended our interview with Dayna sharing a small window into her experience of being imprisoned by the Taliban. Visions of angels locking arms and protecting her and the others imprisoned with her, praying for Afghan women's freedom while themselves in captivity by the Taliban, and how she and…
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Episode 45- Privileged to be Poured Out In Central Asia, with Dayna.
Twenty years ago this summer, Dayna Curry was among a group of Western and Afghan NGO workers imprisoned by the Taliban in Afghanistan. While that story made international headlines, the now 22 years of cross-cultural life and Christ’s love that Dayna has shared with Muslims in three nations…
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Episode 44- Reentry for Missionaries is Rough, with a Capital R! with Jim and Kay Chandler
Jim and Kay served for 30 years in Taiwan prior to reentering to the U.S. in 2012. They now serve as Directors of the Reentry Care System at Antioch Ministries International in Waco, TX. They share from their own (rough!) reentry experience and from insights gained from ministering to scores of...
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Episode 43- Counsel and Encouragement for Rearing Resilient MKs with Heidi Tunberg
Having served as Reach Global's MK Coordinator for the past 20+ now, our guest knows a thing or two - well, let's make it dozens of things! - about nurturing and training up your kids from tender shoots to strong oaks. Heidi is joyful, tender-hearted, highly skilled, and incredibly well-read.…
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Episode 42- Connection, Belonging and Effectiveness: Language learning leads to resiliency
We were created for connection and belonging, even as we desire to be effective in ministry. As our guests in today’s episode share their stories, time and again we hear how their commitment to learning the language has led to a deeper experience of belonging, connection to local relationships…
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Episode 41- Overcoming the Stress of Cultural Adaptation with Silas West
Studies show that the level of stress that global workers face during the first years of living overseas due to cultural adaptation is enormously high. In this episode, co-host, Silas West, normalizes that stress and provides some insight into how to overcome our hardwired responses to discomfort...
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Episode 40- Posturing Ourselves To Listen with Jeff and Christine
30 years is how long Jeff and Christine have lived, loved, and ministered in East Africa. They have a career that has spanned vocational transitions, tribal unrest, and malaria epidemics. Their resilience has been forged by drawing deeply from their Quaker roots that taught them at an early age…
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Episode 39- Hope When You Feel Hopeless: Depression is not a life sentence with Kyle J.
Field-based professional counselor and pastoral care provider, Kyle J., shares about his own journey through depression, how to identify it, and best practices for those struggling with it.
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Episode 38- Praying on the Ragged Edge with Micah and Cara
“Because God said....” These words sustained today’s guests to remain in the Middle East through 17 years of tumult. From the ups and downs of language learning to the tragic loss of a child all while their host nation turned from a peaceful place into a war zone, no matter how hard the external...
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Episode 37- Emotional Awareness with Mike O
Mike and his wife, Stephanie, were guests on our first ever (and most listened to) episode. Mike is back with us today to share how greater emotional awareness leads to increased resiliency. He reflects on how our emotions are with us but we are seldom with them - rarely attuned to what they are...
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Episode 36- "Gripped by the call" with Clinton and Amber Garsee
Clinton and Amber Garsee left Texas to live in southern Thailand because of one thing--they knew they were called. More than two decades later, they share with us how they learned from former missionaries like Amy Carmichael to "count the cost and then take your slate and add up the figures at…
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Episode 35- Hidden Opportunities with Dave M.
Dave M. and his family serve in the Mediterranean region. He shares with us his keys to resiliency often involve getting to know ourselves and the meaning behind our reactions better. He notes that there are treasures hidden out there-even in the lockdowns and isolation of the global COVID-19...
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Episode 34- Sabbatical: Breaking the Curse of Rest: Part 2 of 2 with Steve Brown
Join us for part 2 with our guest, Steve Brown from the Navigators as he unpacks the nuts of bowls of planning a meaningful sabbatical. He reminds us that rest was blessed and we are invited by God to embrace rest and learn to step aside from productivity as an act of trust.
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Episode 33 Breaking the Curse of Rest: Understanding Sabbatical with Steve Brown
Our guest, Steve Brown from the Navigators joins us today in a two part episode on the foundations and principles of sabbatical. He shares his organization's view of why sabbatical is an important rhythm without which leads to a life without margin, stress without recovery, exhaustion and…
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Episode 32- Gambling on the Goodness of God with John and Erin
An intense season with the loss of dreams and expectations of what ministry would look like became the bedrock of John snd Erin's resiliency. It taught them that their expectations, even ministry on the field is not the end goal. God's goodness and their willingness to obey was and continues to…
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Episode 31- Envisioning for Suffering with Trey Green
Trey Green and Silas have a conversation about the necessity of envisioning our global workers for suffering and the need for a theology of suffering that helps us get past unrealistic expectations that are both personal and cultural in order to thrive in a world where we are promised suffering.
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Episode 30 - Living the Things of the Spirit with Martha H
It would be hard to live as a widow in the "Big Chicken" like Martha did for 18 years and not learn a thing or two about spiritual warfare. Martha shares with us how she learned through personal experience to live the things of the Spirit, not just learn about them. She took biblical truth and…
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Episode 29- We Aren't What We Do; A Conversation About Sabbath with John DeKruyter
John Dekruyter, Executive Director of Alongside Ministry, joins us again to share how he has learned the importance of Sabbath keeping. "There is no end to what needs done and what we can do. Sabbath reminds us that our identity is not in what we do. It is in the one who created us". John shares...
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Episode 28- From My Heart To Yours: A Special Episode for MKs with Lauren Volpei
Clinical Psychologist, Lauren Volpei joins us again for a special episode of Resiliency produced especially for MKs/TCKs. Lauren speaks specifically to MKs about identity, belonging, and the feeling of being misunderstood.
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Episode 27- Talking With Your MKs with Lauren Volpei.
Lauren, a PhD in Clinical Psychology, took a deep dive into the world of Third Culture Kids/Missionary Kids and and discovered that, in addition to all the wonderful experiences and joys MKs receive from living overseas, they also carry with them a world of complex question marks about identity,...
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Episode 26- The Value of Teams in Promoting Resiliency with Sandy H. and Steve V.
Humility and a posture of learning is what it takes to make team life work according to Sandy and Steve. They go on to say that the mindset that values TEAM is as important as learning language, evangelism strategies and your new culture. It shouldn't be just another box we check off, it needs to...
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Episode 25- We are not designed to burn out: With Andrew Brown
Have you ever had a nice vacation and when you came to the end of it, you still felt like your weren't rested or replenished? You might have been experiencing burnout. Burnout is caused when our resources and our demands are out of balance. Limited Licensed Psychologist, Andrew Brown who serves…
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Episode 24- Permission to Listen to Your Heart with Scott and Jenni Robinson
Scott and Jenni have been working with people in ministry for 13 years. First in Germany and now in Portugal. They founded The Haven, a refuge for global workers in need of a place of rest. They share with us what they have learned about themselves and through many years of serving those of us in...
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Episode 23- Adventure with Jesus with Michele
Michele has nearly two decades of life lived in North Africa and the Middle East. Join our interview with her as she shares her keys to resiliency and how she took up the invitation to live a life of adventure with Jesus
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Episode 22- Introducing Alongside with John DeKruyter
Steve and Silas want to shamelessly give a plug for this incredible ministry. Alongsidecares.net has profoundly helped thousands of people in vocational ministry over the years, including some of our very own global workers. Director, John DeKruyter joins us in this episode to tell us more about...
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Episode 21- Resiliency through Contemplation with Silas West
Does contemplation always mean sitting in a cave in the woods far from people, devoted to a life of uninterrupted prayer? Apparently not! Steve Findley learns to see contemplation a little differently from Silas West, one of the busier people he knows.
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Episode 20-The Voice of Anxiety is not the Norm with Lynette Wilson
Lynette Wilson is a licensed marriage and family counselor in Waco, Texas and a tremendous help to many of our global workers over the years. In this episode Lynette shares with us what anxiety is and gives suggestions on how to discern what the voice of anxiety sounds like.
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Episode 19- Bakers in Bolivia; Resiliency at 12,000 feet
Andy, Andrea and their four boys have made their home at the inhospitable altitude of 12,000 feet above sea level in El Alto, a town on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia. Sacrificing comforts for a calling, they share with us about the choices and the paradigm shifts that have made it possible for...
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Episode 18- Lament Leads to Hope with Silas West
Loss and disappointment is a part of life. But it is hard not to get stuck in the emotions of grief. Especially when loss accumulates. Lament helps us turn our grief into praise because it is an appeal to the character and faithfulness of God. Silas shares with us about his experience working…
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Episode 17- "How We Handle Grief and Loss Is a Predictor of Our Resiliency Over Time" with Bob Watson
Significant loss is "baked into" cross-cultural ministry. Clinical Psychologist, Bob Watson shares with us about the healing power of mourning our losses. When everything in us wants to run away from our feelings of pain and grief, Bob encourages us to embrace them. Like peeling away layers of...
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Episode 16- Making Life Fun in a Red Zone
Today's guests, Tim and Kristi, share with us about how they stay grounded, maintain routines, and build traditions so that they and their family of teenagers can have fun, stay connected and live resiliently in one of the least stable regions of the world.
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Episode 15- COVID19 Special Episode with Steve and Silas
We don't have anything new to share with you about COVID19. But we know you are facing it and wanted to share a word of encouragement to all of our listeners. We are in this together and we will get through it by the grace of God.
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Have you ever wondered what keeps some missionaries on the field for ages? Is it stubbornness or is there more? Researchers are discovering that certain clusters of qualities together make some people more resilient than others. “Resiliency” is a Member Care podcast that takes a dive into the world of grit and stretch-ability to help us better understand and grow in our ability to go through difficulties and come out on the other side better and stronger. Join co-hosts Silas West and Steve Findley in their conversations about resiliency with experts, field workers and those who support them.
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