https://www.allingriffs.com/blog daily 0.75 2025-11-19 https://www.allingriffs.com/blog/sabbatical monthly 0.5 2025-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/1763582080119-WJOLS4MTLYATB31FXB4D/unsplash-image-mW105iHDhnQ.jpg Blog - Sabbatical Season - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/c8cd9afa-fb0d-425d-b9c3-480c8c02bdc4/IMG_0757.jpeg Blog - Sabbatical Season - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/1763586761960-6O48TK58UXLGT5YXGYZL/9DCC7A50-990D-4719-87DC-1F0362DE212A_1_102_o.jpeg Blog - Sabbatical Season - We’ve been talking about the possibility of Sabbatical for a while. At the start of the year, with Mum’s passing and the wild ride of our home flood/remodel, Sabbatical almost became an emergency necessity. https://www.allingriffs.com/blog/wilderland monthly 0.5 2025-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/1763497485075-ZSLDIZWKY64ZG8QVNRBV/unsplash-image-5-BG0pEoE_8.jpg Blog - Project Wilderland - Apparently these objections were not that concerning to the Lord, who was now hounding me. As I reflected on the desires we have held for a long time around community, place, and formation, I came to understand something important - if accessibility is important for global workers, one place is not enough. 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We offer this professionally to our workers through the skill of debriefing, but it also happens in everyday settings over tea and cake as we show up, slow down and listen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/1758877125479-PEEBGOXN8ZOFMQU1CO71/unsplash-image-6bovWnOmi10.jpg Blog - Gatekeepers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/1758877657108-5W6V9CI4XWKTUFMAZQF9/unsplash-image-Mix7whgzEc0.jpg Blog - Gatekeepers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.allingriffs.com/blog/burnout-prevention-pt-4 monthly 0.5 2025-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/1752613930554-036YTXDALAQBOTHEMWZ9/unsplash-image-Opzk_hvwO9Q.jpg Blog - Burnout Prevention Pt 4: Know Your Role - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/1752611627835-NEPL1V0ZFQ3OTHP5ZSWI/unsplash-image-IvfAs3Qk64M.jpg Blog - Burnout Prevention Pt 4: Know Your Role - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/132ab2a1-fe70-41f1-8d72-ba0d35e94270/burnout+strategies+for+blog.004.jpeg Blog - Burnout Prevention Pt 4: Know Your Role - Make it stand out https://www.mrnet.org/mc-blog/2022/07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/1752593293421-CKHJB3BYL665PVGHXJVP/unsplash-image-6Wt9oAJEOMM.jpg Blog - Burnout Prevention Pt 4: Know Your Role - I have responsibility issues… Waking up in the night worrying about others, trying to fix issues that are not under my supervision, feeling guilty about things going wrong that I am not even accountable for, struggling to ask for help – these are all symptoms of hyper-responsibility. I want things to run smoothly; I want excellence; I want to help. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/1752594191109-UHBHYWZI5CY17Q0VCB35/unsplash-image-JuDPjcutors.jpg Blog - Burnout Prevention Pt 4: Know Your Role - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/c9130667-0cb8-4e87-abff-5f6af28fd411/IMG_1705.jpeg Blog - Burnout Prevention Pt 4: Know Your Role - Want to know a secret phrase that I have been using lately? “It’s not my responsibility.” https://www.allingriffs.com/blog/burnout-prevention-pt-3 monthly 0.5 2025-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/d1120a10-b630-42b1-bd44-ec7fc94a119d/Quotefancy-5114789-3840x2160.jpg Blog - Burnout Prevention Pt 3: Employ Your Passions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/4cbf6583-c1d5-4528-adb6-a1d38862f22c/when-we-forget-our-ability-to-choose-we-learn-to-be.jpg Blog - Burnout Prevention Pt 3: Employ Your Passions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/0cb566fa-317a-47ac-b163-a9555c69ce6a/unsplash-image-3jBU9TbKW7o.jpg Blog - Burnout Prevention Pt 3: Employ Your Passions Real discernment is led by the Holy Spirit, often with a wise guide or coach along the way, and takes into account what those closest to us see and notice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/aa0c79f4-7f3a-4ff8-8efb-4ae60f5f29b4/unsplash-image-qSXBBSFfxaM.jpg Blog - Burnout Prevention Pt 3: Employ Your Passions - What Are Your Core Values? I had never even heard the phrase “core values” before, and now I was being asked to identify and name them. As I looked through some sample lists of values, I thought, “Aren’t these all important? How can I say one is more important than the others? Why can’t I choose them all?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/1729107553964-XC4UV8MNUD3V85NQ0UTL/burnout+strategies+for+blog.003.jpeg Blog - Burnout Prevention Pt 3: Employ Your Passions - Make it stand out https://www.mrnet.org/mc-blog/2022/07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/1746720047862-AZB8R0DGAEFQ14FB3ER2/unsplash-image-aYPtEknQmXE.jpg Blog - Burnout Prevention Pt 3: Employ Your Passions - You Have Choices Here’s the problem that I ran into. I had identified my core values, I had a calling statement and everything. Awareness was high. https://www.allingriffs.com/blog/burnout-prevention-pt-2 monthly 0.5 2025-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/1729107552782-HRVPFZZ0GT8BVZ9KL87W/burnout+strategies+for+blog.002.jpeg Blog - Burnout Prevention Pt 2: Fill Up - Make it stand out https://www.mrnet.org/mc-blog/2022/07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/26b31d0e-9d49-4e85-b576-cbf2f1ceb75d/unsplash-image-GpplHQ-fyvA.jpg Blog - Burnout Prevention Pt 2: Fill Up “Quit dying to those things that bring you life and receive the many gifts God has provided for you that nurture and delight your soul.” – Geri Scazzero https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/1743615103432-RFIOZWA3WQ00MRWPNSJT/unsplash-image-fVUl6kzIvLg.jpg Blog - Burnout Prevention Pt 2: Fill Up - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/1743612312116-97HHBS5H8GN58KGE644S/unsplash-image-Y1uG1DXudUc.jpg Blog - Burnout Prevention Pt 2: Fill Up - We Can’t Say No… “I wanted to be a good, loving Christian no matter the cost. And I mistakenly believed that good, loving Christians were people characterized by five things: they never said no, they had an active social calendar, they juggled many things without complaining, they got things done, and they put others’ needs before their own.” Geri Scazzero, Article: Quit Dying to the Wrong Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/be86aba5-5a64-462d-a236-f63e8e8a0388/unsplash-image-0NFvQFbJ6kI.jpg Blog - Burnout Prevention Pt 2: Fill Up Perhaps all of our yeses are feeding worldly drives for a polished image, selfish ambition, productivity, and pride? What if our resistance to say no to what we actually want to say no to is not a Spirit-led action but a fear-filled action (What will they think?! I’ll miss my opportunity. 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Tools are important, but only if you know what to do with them. Knowing what a tool is called isn’t enough. Knowing what a tool can do isn’t enough. We need to know how to use them. Accurately and skilfully. The only way to do that is through training and practice. I realised recently that although I have a pretty good awareness of my emotions, and I was becoming adept at naming them accurately, I wasn’t letting them speak to me. I wasn’t letting them help me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/1731451759663-LT89OPXGH8S8KB3EGB3C/unsplash-image-fDaUCTp28dA.jpg Blog - Burnout Prevention Pt 1: Let Your Feelings Speak - Don’t Push Through You may have heard something like this before: No matter what you’re going through, just push through it. You’ve got this! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/1729107552627-SE67147YYUMK95I434QB/burnout+strategies+for+blog.001.jpeg Blog - Burnout Prevention Pt 1: Let Your Feelings Speak - Make it stand out https://www.mrnet.org/mc-blog/2022/07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/bfd32467-af14-490a-9058-2f5f30d21b7c/unsplash-image-uh6msP8Md_E.jpg Blog - Burnout Prevention Pt 1: Let Your Feelings Speak Why does naming our feelings, and in particular the ones we find difficult or unacceptable, seem to be so difficult? Emotional awareness can be atrophied like an unused muscle. 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Some of them I knew how to use right away. Screwdriver? Of course. But the awl and the countersink drill bit and many more (of which I didn’t even know the names), I had no idea. They sat in the box. There were times I could have used some of those tools, if only I had known how! https://www.allingriffs.com/blog/when-trouble-becomes-traumatic monthly 0.5 2024-09-05 https://www.allingriffs.com/blog/under-the-influence monthly 0.5 2024-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/6cfe5490-ff62-47bd-ab31-f3683050089c/IMG+0799.jpg Blog - Under the Influence - Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit. Ephesians 5:18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/1720623382749-8OYLIMG5ZW59DG30T36U/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Under the Influence - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.allingriffs.com/blog/risk-myth monthly 0.5 2024-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/a32b0b53-04e1-4632-87eb-0c884542da4e/pablo-4.png Blog - The #1 Risk Myth In Member Care we serve missionaries that work in areas that would not be considered “safe.” Many are living in high risk regions, war zones, places with a constant threat of physical danger, areas where gospel workers are unwelcome. And if it’s not political or religious dangers, they are faced with sporadic electricity and water availability, unsafe transportation and exposure to illness. They are witnesses and sometimes victims of violence, cruelty and corruption. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/ddc72f6f-7357-4ab8-9c7d-0a21c67375f1/pablo-3.png Blog - The #1 Risk Myth Did you know that there are some common sentiments that are often quoted to missions workers that are unfounded myths? In the book Facing Danger: A Guide Through Risk, Dr Anna Hampton (a pseudonym to protect her cross-cultural missions work in high-risk areas) unveils no less than sixteen common “risk myths” that are often stated to gospel workers in high risk situations. https://www.allingriffs.com/blog/witness-protection monthly 0.5 2024-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/cbc566d3-189f-4d91-88d1-9bd2a5bb7922/pablo-5+copy.png Blog - Witness Protection Self-care for the long haul isn’t just about having healthy missionaries out in the field. 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For the weary worker who is always giving, for the cross-cultural expat who seldom gets to speak in their heart language, for those going through grief and hardships far away from their friends and family, we come alongside and listen. https://www.allingriffs.com/blog/mk monthly 0.5 2023-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/bd04c980-0972-4b3e-a23e-fe52607b4648/unsplash-image-xTixhop3IZ4.jpg Blog - The MK in the Room - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.allingriffs.com/blog/word monthly 0.5 2023-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/1674229545261-GFMGOHOMDKI2VMC9X4XC/lightstock_102599_medium_jonathan_griffiths.jpg Blog - Word! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62211c821eccb83b81079ac8/07762a98-9142-4409-a52a-69b5cf14fd37/lightstock_342678_download_medium_jonathan_griffiths.jpg Blog - Word! - A Radical Approach to Planning for the New Year It's radical, this episode from the Emotionally Healthy Leader Podcast. 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They serve as Directors of Member Care with World Indigenous Missions. With fifteen years of pastoral experience and five years serving as overseas workers with Foursquare Missions International, the Griffiths are thrilled to be working with a global missions group to foster a culture of mutual care. They are certified coaches and bring a mix of skills to support, encourage and empower overseas workers in many regions. They have four children (David, Charlie, Ransom, and Glory) and can often be found playing disc golf, getting creative, taking walks and enjoying shared meals with family and friends. Photo credit: Alena Nieves https://www.allingriffs.com/partner daily 0.75 2023-07-26 https://www.allingriffs.com/subscribe daily 0.75 2022-07-11 https://www.allingriffs.com/care-matters daily 0.75 2022-11-09 https://www.allingriffs.com/film daily 0.75 2023-07-14