• Cross-Cultural,  Ethical Storytelling

    Questions to Ask Before Posting/ Sharing a Missions Story

    Looking to share a story from your short-term mission trip, or long-term mission work? Here are a few questions you might want to ask yourself before posting or speaking. Whom do I help by telling this story? (Is the purpose of this story or photo to make me look good, or does it benefit others?) Whose perspective is highlighted? (Am I the center of the story, or is someone else’s perspective highlighted?) Am I correcting stereotypes and myths or contributing to them? Should I be telling this story or should someone else? (Can the person featured in the story tell their own story?) Am I reducing people to their problems,…

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