{"id":13983,"date":"2025-07-09T07:03:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T14:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=13983"},"modified":"2025-07-08T19:05:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T02:05:04","slug":"honest-conversations-and-hidden-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=13983","title":{"rendered":"Honest Conversations and Hidden Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Related to the question of missionary heroes, the latest edition of Catalyst Services\u2019 <em>Postings<\/em> is the first in a two-part series addressing hidden missionary concerns: the struggles missionaries keep from those who see them as superheroes. It references and reflects on the results of an anonymous survey of missionaries, recommends two helpful books, and offers practical recommendations for missionaries and those who support them.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/catalystservices.org\/honest-conversations-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read Honest Conversations, Part 1<\/a>. Great stuff.<br><br>For a personal account of one Christian\u2019s struggle to come to terms with the life and legacy of a ministry hero, read Laura Fabrycky\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/2025\/05\/dietrich-bonhoeffer-house-german-hero-myth-nazism\/?utm_medium=widgetsocial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What Do We Want from Dietrich Bonhoeffer?<\/a> (Christianity Today). It\u2019s both a fun and thought-provoking read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Related to the question of missionary heroes, the latest edition of Catalyst Services\u2019 Postings is the first in a two-part series addressing hidden missionary concerns: the struggles missionaries keep from those who see them as superheroes. It references and reflects on the results of an anonymous survey of missionaries, recommends two helpful books, and offers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=13983\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Honest Conversations and Hidden Concerns<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-practical-mobilization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13984,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13983\/revisions\/13984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}