This Week in Native American News (12/7/18): Liquor store turned makerspace and other gift ideas

 I know there is no other hope for my people than the one who wrapped himself in human flesh and lived a perfect life.

I hadn’t seen Lee for a very long time and had recently been wondering how to reconnect with him. And there he was!  Only God could have brought us together at one of the most isolated stops on the trip.

I suddenly realized how much we take for granted. We assume everyone has at least heard the name, Jesus! 

God's ways are hidden in His blessings that He offers throughout the year.

The fact that the story of Jesus' birth is based in a real place and time in history tells us something significant. It tells us the rest of the story is true.

All this “Christmas creep” with its joyous festivities can obscure the fact that Advent is similar to Lent; a season of repentance.  In Advent though, it is not repentance because of sin that led to Jesus being crucified, but repentance in preparation for the Lord’s first coming and His return. 

Let us not forget the birth of Christ in the Christmas "off-season." But remember it as the beginning of our faith. And let us look forward to the next year, where we will continue to show Native communities that God loves them and will never leave them.

This Week in Native American News (11/30/18): Protecting culture, land, and art (plus a whole bunch of history)

God's great plan "for hope and a future" is for all people, but His Kingdom is short on Natives.