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Isaiah 49: Look Closely ——— Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. ——— God loves you with a perfect mother’s love. The Creator […]

John 20: The Scars of Easter ——– Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. ——– The resurrection of Christ erased the power of death, but it did not erase the scars. Jesus received those scars by loving us so […]

Holy Thursday John 13: A New Commandment ——– Jesus said, “My children, I will be with you only a little longer. A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one […]

Matthew 13: The Little Things ——— He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the […]

Isaiah 35: Redeeming our Suffering ——— But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his bruises we are healed. ——– Hundreds of years before Christ, Isaiah prophesied the Savior would redeem our suffering. For Indians, this is more than pretty words. […]

Holy Week John 19: Very God and Very Man ——— When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,” and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” ——– During his own sacrifice, Jesus looks after his mom. It is a powerful […]

Genesis 3: Sacred Stories in the Present Tense ——– God said to Moses, “I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am has sent me to you.’” ——– When God set his people free, it was not in the past tense. Yahweh did not say, “Hey, y’all […]

Luke 18: Making Something Good ——— “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone.” ——– Yesterday we talked about the creative partnership between God and human beings in the Garden. It doesn’t stop there. The works of our hands are also part of our spirituality. That adds a lot […]

Genesis 2: Tending the Garden ——– The Lord God put the human being in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. ——– When you think of Indians—REAL Indians—what do you see? Most of us imagine bare chested warriors on painted ponies, chasing buffalo across the great planes. The truth is […]

Romans 12: All My Relations ——– In Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. ——– The Lakota have a traditional saying: mitakuye-oyasin—all my relations. It’s a phrase that says all life is interconnected, and we all need that connection. Native people all over America have adopted those […]