Native America

Empty Bottles On The Rez

Alcohol Abuse, Responsibility, and Historical Trauma Broken Cycles To Cycles Broken Addiction in Native communities is often misunderstood and oversimplified. While alcohol abuse does involve...

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Apache Warriors

One couple’s story of reconciliation, healing, and heartbreak. In October of 2011, my husband Justin and I visited Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas,...

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The Singing Feather- The Encounter

Where It All Began In August of 2008, my husband Justin’s grandmother passed away. After her memorial service, we were sitting together in her old...

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Tunnel Vision: My Beautiful People

A Foundational Encounter With God As I made my way through The Singing Feather, I realized just how much I didn’t know about Native American...

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Compassion Series | Story Fourteen: Water in the Desert

Wild Horses: Couldn’t keep us away We heard about a Diné couple trying to do something remarkable in Arizona. They were out in the desert...

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Compassion Series | Story Thirteen: A Flag in Distress

Cold On the Rez Luke 4:18–19 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the...

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Compassion Series | Story Twelve: Fishing Poles and Life Vests

Helping People to Keep Working We believe in the power of hard work, and we celebrate those who rise each day determined to provide for...

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Compassion Series | Story Eleven: Food with Integrity

No Leftovers From the very beginning, food has been central to our ministry, not just as a necessity, but as a way to love people...

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Compassion Series | Story Ten: The Piki Stone

Supporting Cultural Legacy Among the Hopi people, few traditions are as sacred or as skillful as the making of Piki bread. Piki bread is a...

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Compassion Series | Story Nine: The Hopi Way

There’s Going To Be A Wedding We were out in the Hopi village of Bacavi, serving an elder as she prepared to host a traditional...

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