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This episode of Natives Follow Jesus honors Native women whose lives reflect courage, wisdom, and spiritual strength. Drawing from Proverbs 31:25 and Indigenous experience, we explore how Native and biblical models of womanhood reveal God’s heart for dignity, faith, and hope.

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3. Send me an email at nativefollowsjesus@gmail.com to connect with me or to ask me a question. Thanks.
4. Hear Pastor Craig Smith who offers a sermon on the life and spiritual legacy of Alfreda Claus here. I appreciate Craig, Ojibew, and LaDonna, Navajo, who share their walk with Jesus on The Indigenous Faith Podcast.
5. Listen to the testimony of the late Tom Claus, Mohawk, founder of CHIEF, evangelist, and patriarch of the faith here. Thanks to withoutreservation.org for collecting stories of faith from Native American and First Nations followers of Jesus.
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For generations, Native communities have been spoken about as “mission fields.” But Scripture tells a deeper story. Jesus never calls His followers a project—He calls them witnesses.

This episode invites Native believers to reclaim their God-given calling as a Spirit-filled people sent to bless the world. Rooted in Acts 1:7–8, we explore how Indigenous followers of Jesus are uniquely equipped to carry the gospel across cultures, nations, and generations.

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Hope for Native communities is not found in returning to the past or waiting for dramatic spiritual moments—it is found in walking forward together with Jesus, grounded in faith, hailed in story, mindful of the land, and building relationships with God and with humans.

This episode invites you, listeners to imagine a future shaped by healing, wisdom, and faithful presence, where Native believers move ahead together on the good road as we follow Jesus together as best as we can one day at a time.

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3. Hear more about Billy & Breanna Tallas. They served the LORD in northern Spain at a camp called L'Arcada this past summer. I will post photos on my feed. Read more of their story here. The Tallas family is starting a church in Many Farms, AZ.
4. Jason French, of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee in Oklahoma, served the LORD in Nepal as an adjunct teacher for the Nepal Bible Institute. Read more of his testimony here. Jason is a worship leader and is serving as pastor in a new church starting in Broken Arrow, OK.
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Join us for the next episode where you can build a hopeful vision for your walk with Jesus together with other followers of Jesus here at Natives Follow Jesus.

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Division, Misunderstanding, Hurt Feelings have fractured families, churches, and Native communities—often leaving wounds that run deep across generations. This episode invites listeners into a hopeful, biblical vision of reconciliation. Rooted in Indigenous understandings of the circle and Paul’s call to the ministry of reconciliation, we explore how Jesus restores broken relationships and calls us to walk the good road together again.

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3. Hear more about Native InterVarsity Native InterVarsity is "mindful of some complicated contexts. There is, for instance, the fact that a lot of Christian mission has the weight of colonialism.' But (InterVarsity) wants students to see that both God and the global church invite them to be witnesses to the gospel of Jesus “to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8) Read more of their story here.
4. Kristen Lilya, Ojibwe, shares her story of how Deer Camp helped her connect with the generations in her family. Read more of personal account here.
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Join us for the next episode where you can build a hopeful vision for Native Christian communities in 2026 and beyond.

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Across Native communities, God is quietly and powerfully at work—restoring hearts, renewing faith, and awakening hope. Revival doesn’t always look loud or dramatic; often it begins in quiet prayer circles, in family kitchens, at youth gatherings, and with humble obedience. This episode invites listeners to recognize the God the Holy Spirit’s movement, celebrate stories of renewal, and step into God’s restoring work together.

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3. Hear more about Milton Shirleson, Navajo, from Tohatchi, NM. Have you ever wondered if anyone really loved you? Have you ever felt abandoned? These were issues that Milt wrestled with because his father walked out. His wounded heart became angry. Eventually, Milt’s anger almost cost him his own family. But then a miracle happened. Listen to his story here.
4. Watch the story of Katherine Womax, from the Adams Lake reserve. She felt like didn't belong after her family became more dysfunctional.Then, God became the Father she did not have. Watch her story here.
5. Craig Smith, Ojibwe, and his wife LaDonna, Navajo, and a relative experieced a horrific car crash on I-25 North near Santa Fe, NM. Craig flatlined in the ER and God brought restoration. Watch more of his testimony of God's miracle in his life here.
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The New Year often brings mixed emotions for Native and First Nation communities—hope, grief, resilience, fatigue, and longing. This episode invites Indigenous believers to step into the New Year not with shallow optimism, but with deep, Jesus-centered hope rooted in God’s faithfulness, healing, and promise of renewal.

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3. Read about the stats of MMIP, the Missing Murdered Indigenous Peoples from 2024 here. Despite the horrific numbers, you can hope in the LORD.
4. For an insight into the people who are MMIP, peruse the landing page of the MMIW Bureau of Indian Affairs webpage here. Remember the names and photos are current missing and/or murder individuals.
5. Here are the ways you can step into hope as you move into the new year: Offer practical ways to step into hope: Naming grief before God, Setting intentions instead of resolutions, Praying with the land, Reconnecting with community, Choosing one spiritual practice to develop or to enhance for the year, and Trusting Jesus with what you cannot carry alone.
6. Here is one way that I found to hear from God by reading the Bible with the help of The Bible Recap. Find how to start the bible reading plan here. I have found this resource helpful for my walk with God.
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Christmas can be complicated for Indigenous believers—carrying beauty, joy, pain, and cultural tension all at once. This episode explores how Native followers of Jesus can engage Advent and Christmas in ways that honor Christ, respect Indigenous identity, and hopefully heal past wounds. We reflect on Advent as a season of waiting, hope, and re-engaging how God the Creator entered into His Creation among the overlooked.

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Prayer was never meant to be carried alone. For Native peoples, prayer has always been communal—gathered in circles where every voice matters and Creator is present among the people. In this episode, we explore how Native believers in Jesus intercede together for families, communities, and the land, blending Indigenous wisdom with biblical teaching on shared prayer.

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• Read about the power of circles in the community context here. This is just one way to harness the concept of a circle to promote unity, inclusion, and being seen and heard. Remember: biblical truths overrule shapes--the Bible teaches community and one way to picture unity is a circle. The Bible also teaches hierarchy--pastor leads congregation. So a pyramid may be a better shape to teach that truth.
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